simple pleasures

What is Joy?

What is Joy?

There is much that brings me joy, but in this very moment, I am inhaling a breath of gratitude and giving thanks once again for this quiet spot of my own…my dear, lovely writing cottage, and I say…

On this spring morning, the sun is shining, the birds are sipping from the bird bath and feasting at the feeders as a light wind kisses the perennials reaching toward the sun, and my little dog, Gidget is curled up on the wicker chair softly snoring — indeed, it is the simple pleasures that make my heart swell with joy.

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The Joy of Simplicity

The Joy of Simplicity

I wanted to share with you today my mini nativity. I just adore it and thought it might make you smile, too. It was given to me by my friend, Diane, many years ago.

It sits on my altar in my writing cottage. In the early morning, before the sun rises, I love sitting in my cottage for a few moments with the lights turned off. I enjoy just having a candle burning as a way of invoking the Christmas spirit this time of year.

Also, being in the quiet before the world begins to stir is such a delicious treat.

It’s the small, but simple things that I find so much joy in.

It was fun coming across this quote also that I felt is so fitting…

A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;
It makes no noise at all,
But softly gives itself away.
~Eva Logue

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