Bees! Bees! Bees! I've talked about it before and you can see them all over this blog. Pictures. Quotes. I know I’ve written some about why, but I thought I’d touch on it again. Mostly because I thought it would be fun to share my pictures of bees. These beautiful creatures live a life of… Continue reading I Love Bees!
It's no secret, I love bees! I love bees and flowers, sunflowers most particularly. If you've been reading my blog from the get-go you'll know it's because bees and flowers serve as a reminder that we need to "Be like the Bee", rather then the fly. I've posted on several occasions attesting to this. I've… Continue reading Bees
Happy Friday my friends! This week as I launched my new Instagram account, @kindlerofjoy, which I started way back in March but was too anxious to go "public", I was reminded about my true goal of this adventure. This entire adventure is completely and utterly outside of my comfort zone. Putting myself out there like… Continue reading @kindlerofjoy
One of the reasons why I wanted to start this blog was to help myself learn to focus on things that encourage positivity, beauty and joy. Even in the midst of the challenging, difficult day. This is very difficult for me and always has been. I am so grateful for the opportunity to change this… Continue reading Joy Even in Trials
Through this journey to joy, recently, I’ve been praying that God give me “courage to change the things I can” (mainly better habits) along with strength from Him to get through another day as the bee does, looking for the sweetness of life. Did you know that in scripture the phrase “be strong and of… Continue reading Be Strong and of Good Courage
I had some nice feedback from yesterdays Treasure Hunt post so I decided to offer a free printable. It is slightly different from the photo yesterday, formatted better to fit on a standard sheet of paper. Print your "reminder" below.
I have continued reading Dr. Albert Rossi’s book “Becoming a Healing Presence” that I mentioned in A Soft Smile and again in this week’s Maxim Monday. On Monday I talked about practicing stillness and shared what Dr. Rossi had to say about that. He continues to talk about learning stillness in the next chapter of… Continue reading Treasure Hunt Anyone?
Over this past weekend I received in the mail my long awaited wax seal stamp I ordered from Letterseals.com. They happen to be a very local company (which I did not know until after I ordered) and they are a very small family owned business. I love to support family owned businesses that sell product… Continue reading Bee Wax Seal Stamp
I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter. ~Diane Lane Diane Lane makes a great point. I am bound and determined to embrace the "rebelliousness" of letter writing. I love sending lovely notes through… Continue reading Letter Sealing
"I know from experience that in this life people are divided in two categories. A third category does not exist; people either belong to one of the other. The first one resembles the fly. The main characteristic of the fly is that it is attracted by dirt. For example, when a fly is found in… Continue reading St. Paisios
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