all the small things
Life has been really busy...really stressful. So, I am trying to find joy in the small things. So... here are some of the things that have brought me joy in the past few weeks.
1. I was having a discussion with two of my students (5th graders) about Friday the 13th. One asked what the big deal about the number 13 was anyways. The other said, "because when you turn 13, you turn into one of those stupid, psychotic, teenagers."
2. The next week, I was meeting with the same students. One said to me, "hey, are any of your friends married?" I said, "yes, many of my friends are married." He said, "so, some of them are single then?". "Yes", I said, "why?" "Oh", he said, "It's for my uncle, he could use a wife." I smiled and said "how old is your uncle?" "He's 32, but he looks a lot younger."
3. Lost started this past Wednesday. It wasn't the best episode, but it wasn't bad. But it was nice to make dinner for my friends and have people over my house!
4. Yesterday was gorgeous! I went running (I use this term lightly, I don't want to falsely paint myself as someone who is proficient at running... I am crap at running actually, but at least I try). and it was so nice to see all the leaves and enjoy the sunshine.
5. I got a new purse on Saturday. It's really cute, it was on sale, and it was the last one in the store.... I'm the winner!
None of these are big things, but either way, they brought a smile to my face.
posted by The everyday extraordinary | 10:21 AM
2 Comments:
I find discovering joy in the weirdest, most seemingly trivial places, (like the grocery store) is all about contentment. A while back I read something that enhanced my own personal comprehension of joy.
~Pete
“Contentment brings happiness, inner joy, and peace, not the other way around. ‘Godliness with contentment,’ Paul wrote Timothy, ‘is great gain’ (1 Tim 6:6). Paul didn’t write, ‘Godliness with great gain is contentment.’ Our national obsession with ‘the pursuit of happiness’ is so very often circumstantial. It shouldn’t surprise us people don’t find satisfaction in filling their lives with stuff. We will sacrifice our most cherished and important relationships, leave our church communities, even disobey God himself, all in the relentless pursuit of the elusive god of personal happiness. The way I can learn to be content is through the most excellent freedom of letting go. Anxiety, the opposite of contentment has a lot to do with loss of control. When I hang my happiness on things I can’t control, and those things change, I lose my peace. One of Jesus’ best loved promises in Mathew 11:28-30 says we will find ‘rest for our souls’ in Christ. May we continue to look past the highs and lows of daily living, to God, the source of true joy.”
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