Welcome to Maxim Monday! YES! Maxim Monday is posted on a Tuesday. I was having a bad time last night getting my internet to work properly so here we are today. Maxim Mondays is a time and place to look at the Maxims of the Christian Life that Fr. Thomas Hopko left us 10 years… Continue reading Maxim Week 26
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Gladness
My last post, Psalm 100, really got me thinking. My deepest desire is to seek joy. To mindfully live my life with the joy of the Resurrection in my heart. Joyfully live my life. Psalm 100:2 says, Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. This verse jumps out at me when… Continue reading Gladness
Why Saints
I know some of my readers are probably unsure about why I quote saints, why I write about them and why my last maxim talks about emulating saints. I feel the need to justify myself I guess and since this weeks Maxim is about saints I figured before the week is up I would write… Continue reading Why Saints
Maxim 17
Welcome to Maxim Mondays! Today we are on week 17 and Fr. Thomas Hopko instructs us to "Cultivate communion with the saints." He says, Learn who the holy people were in Christian history. Learn who they were who taught, who suffered, who died, who lived a Christian life. And emulate them. As St. John of… Continue reading Maxim 17
Comparing
I am currently listening to the book "Garden in the East: The Spiritual Life of the Body" written by Angela Doll Carlson. She won the Silver Medal winner of the 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY). It is wonderful and I was able to get it on Audible! She talks about how we tend to… Continue reading Comparing
Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives
A week and a half ago, week 13 for Maxims, we were instructed “Do not engage intrusive thoughts and feelings. Cut them off at the start.” Ever since I wrote that post I’ve been reading the book “Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica”. It really has given… Continue reading Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives
Joy Even in Trials
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
This Moment
Gretchen Rubin and her amazing research on happiness with the outcome of some really good books has introduced me to Walt Whitman. May we all work towards this place and this hour! To look, listen, smile and love, in this place where we are at right now. Thank you, my joys, for visiting me today!
Maxim # 13
Welcome to Maxim Monday #13! Fr. Thomas Hopko says in his podcast, "Do not engage intrusive thoughts and feelings. When feelings come upon you, when thoughts come upon you, don’t engage them. If you accept them, they’ve got you, and you will sin. So you’ve got to cut them off, right at the very start."… Continue reading Maxim # 13
Be Strong and of Good Courage
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
Kindler of Joy! 