| When Life Stinks, Find Your Joy! |
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| Issue No. 27 |
March 6, 2009 |
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SEND ME JOY! |
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Kelly Epperson
PO Box 2324
Loves Park, IL 61131
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I'm leaving on a jet plane...
Off to Asheville, NC for a Christine Kane retreat, The Unstoppable Power of Intention. As the queen of good intentions, it seems appropriate. Wish me luck.
My daily Writers Almanac tells me: "On March 4, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his inaugural address. (That was the last inauguration that took place on March 4th - ever since, presidents have been inaugurated on January 20th.)
He told the American people "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The stock market had crashed a few years before, in 1929, and the nation was in the depths of the Great Depression. Roosevelt urged Americans not to despair, and he told them that it was within their collective power to solve the nation's economic crisis."
Call me crazy but I believe we have the collective power to solve the nation's current economic crisis.
Words to ponder:
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
~FDR
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| Joy = Love |
From AR Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire music man -
"All my life I have had a choice between hate and love. I choose love." |
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Joy = Music |
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Lyrics I love:
I don't mind you coming here
wasting all my time
cuz when you're standing oh so near
I kinda lose my mind
~The Cars
"You're Just What I Needed" |
| Joy = Friendship |
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. ------ Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Thanks for sending in the quote, Kathie M, Florida)
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| Joy = Wisdom |
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By having the courage to be yourself,
you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.
-Edwin Elliot
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| Joy Droppings |
| What brings me joy lately?
* hugs
* patience
* extra soft toothbrush
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| Joy = You |
March 6-12, I have no bdays listed in my joy book! If your day falls this week, Happy Birthday to you!
February birthday joy prize goes to...........................drum roll please..............................
Tanya Edmundson of South Beloit, IL! Fabulous prizes are in the mail!
er, actually, fabulous prizes will be in the mail next week when I return home. :)
Here's a lovely pic of the south of France to tide you over.....
(New JOY seekers/spreaders: Let me know your bday. At the end of each month, I draw a name and one birthday person gets a joy present in the mail.)
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| Joy = Books & Movies |
Book Pick This Week = Journal of a Solitude, May Sarton (Have not read it )(Have you?)
Flick Pick This Week = Slumdog Millionaire (have not seen it)(but I will) |
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| Quote Junkie |
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Abundance is not something we acquire.
It is something we tune into.
--Wayne Dyer
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| Joy=Travel |
The journey is the reward.
~Chinese proverb
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Dance of the 1000 Hands
Click to watch the short video.
I found it mesmerizing.
Thanks to whoever sent this my way
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Joy = Shameless Self Promotion |
the book - When Life Stinks, It's Time to Wash the Gym Clothes
the cards - pretty pretty pictures
the shirts - C'est Bon
joy*us
there is a lot percolating right now. after the retreat, i hope to have a little more clarity.....
Kelly Epperson
Writer/Speaker/Listener
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| Some days... |
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"Every day is not a sunny day. Some days you're the pigeon. Some days you're the statue." Unknown
Thanks, Karen King, Choices Natural Market
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| Joy = A Funny |
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A man and his blond wife were watching the news. The commentator announced that 2 Brazilian men died in a sky diving accident.
The wife begins to sob and sob.
The husband says, "Yes, that's a sad story, but sky diving has its risks!"
The blond continues to cry and cry. She says she understands the risk, but wanted to know, how many is a "Brazilian"?
Thanks, Sherri M, Machesney Park
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| Joy= Go Green |
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Unplug your stuff and your chargers when not using them.
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| Joy = Power |
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"Joy seems to me a step beyond happiness-
happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live
in sometimes when you're lucky. Joy is a
light that fills you with hope and faith and love."
~ Adela Rogers St.Johns
(thanks, Connie S, Channahon)
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| Joy = Another Funny (PG-13) |
WHY DO MEN BECOME SMARTER DURING SEX?
because they are plugged into a genius
WHY WERE MEN GIVEN LARGER BRAINS THAN DOGS?
so they won't hump women's legs at cocktails parties
HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR HUSBAND FROM READING YOUR EMAIL? Rename the mail folder 'Instruction Manual.'
(Thanks, Candice K, Machesney Park, IL )
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| Joy = Go for it |
Check out Joe's website. Great example of a guy willing to take a chance and go for it.
I bought a shirt. ;)
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| Joy = Peace |
Laughter is the one form of communication
every culture can understand.
--Author Unknown
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| Joy=One More Funny |
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My 80-something pal Mavis sends some good ones:
"I had lunch with two of my unmarried friends. One is engaged, one is a mistress, and I have been married for 20+ years.
We chatted about our relationships and decided to amaze our men by wearing a black leather bra, stiletto heels and a mask over our eyes. We agreed to meet in a few days to exchange notes. Here's how it went.
My engaged friend: The other night my boyfriend came over and found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask. He said, "You are the woman of my dreams. I love you." We made love all night long.
The mistress: Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing a raincoat over the leather bodice, wore high heels and a mask over my eyes. When I opened the raincoat he didn't say a word, and we had wild sex all night.
Then I had to share my story: When my husband came home, I was wearing the leather bodice, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. As soon as he came in the door and saw me, he said, "What's for dinner, Batman?"
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| Joy = Beauty |
"Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic."
~ Rosalind Russell
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...tune playing at the moment....
just an old fashioned love song,
one I'm sure they wrote for you and me
~Three Dog Night; songwriter Paul Williams |
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."
Meister Eckhart
joyfully, xx kelly
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