When Life Stinks, Find Your Joy!
Issue No. 29 March 20, 2009
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SEND ME JOY! 
Kelly Epperson 
PO Box 2324 
Loves Park, IL 61131
kel_epperson@yahoo.com     www.kellyepperson.com
 
 
 
 
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Hey hey hey!       
I'm pressed for time this week, and I am gone when you read this, so....I was thinking about not doing a joy dropping. Just to see how many of you would scream that you missed it. :)
 
I like writing the joy gram. This week's letter may be short and sweet. As Angela's friend said: "That's a whole lotta sugar for a Friday morning."
 
No calories though.
 
Viva la internet. It will keep the weekly joy coming for the next couple weeks as I am off to Vegas/California/Vegas. Home for one day - April 1 - to do a Joy workshop at Rock Valley College. Hope to see you locals there.
 
Until we meet again....     

 
      
Words to ponder: 
Life is short and we have not too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark way with us---
O be swift to love!
Make haste to be kind.
~Henri-Frederic Amiel
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Joy = My Symphony
 
 

Joy = Calligraphy
 
When I was in Asheville, NC, I went to the Folk Art Center. Among the treasures purchased were these two postcards. I love the words. I also love the presentation. The back says this:
 
"Calligraphy is the most direct form of all artistic expression. More than the mere writing of characters, it demands the unity of hand, mind, and spirit. Each movement of the pen is absolute, each gesture essential. For a calligrapher's art to attain a consistent level of excellence requires discipline, a critical eye, and years of work and study."
Michael W. Hughey, calligrapher/artisan 
 
Michael did the next one too....
 
 

Joy = Wisdom
  

 

 
Joy Droppings
What brings me joy lately?
                                                     
* my new Wonder Woman notebook
* Facebook, Twitter, Email
* Rolaids
* Smiles and eye contact
* Using Grandma O's glassware
 
Joy = Music
Lyrics I love:
 
...don't say you're easy on me...
you're about as easy as a nuclear war...
Duran Duran, "Is There Something I Should Know"
Joy = You
Tis the Birthday Fairy here! Ah, yes, let us welcome your special day! Make merry! 
 
Be extra nice this week to:
Kathy B, Belvidere
Diane T, Winnebago 
Michelle S, Freeport
Allen P, New Milford
 
and everyone else not on my list......
 
 
 
                                                                   
 
 wine and sweet words - not just for birthdays
 
  
(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 =   Princess PrissyPants Wishes the World Pink    :)
Flick Pick This Week =   13 Going on 30       :)
 
Quote Junkie
What is better than wisdom? Woman.
What is better than a good woman? Nothing.
~Geoffrey Chaucer

 
Joy=Travel
  
Ireland group trip appears to be a no go. Some other time, some other economy...........
 
I am off to Vegas.....   
 
 

 
Joy =French Lesson
Bien sur!
Of course.

Joy = Shameless Self Promotion

Holy smokes, good ideas are  bubbling and brewing and coming soon;
                                                                 
LOTS on the way!
 
Brand new:
 
Joy= A Funny
Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and asks the first man he meets, 'Do you want to go to heaven?' 

The man said, 'I do, Father.'

The priest said, 'Then stand over there against the wall.'

Then the priest asked the second man, 'Do you want to go to heaven?'

'Certainly, Father,' the man replied. 

'Then stand over there against the wall,' said the priest.

Then Father Murphy walked up to O'Toole and asked, 'Do you want to go to heaven?'

O'Toole said, 'No, I don't Father.' 

The priest said, 'I don't believe this.   You mean to tell me that when you die you don't want to go to heaven?'

O'Toole said, 'Oh, when I die , yes.   I thought you were getting a group together to go right now.'

 
(Thanks,  for sending this!)
Joy = Go for it
ummm....
 
yeah
 
 
go for it
 
 
whatever your "it" may be
 


What Do You Think?
 
What do you happy dance to in your kitchen?? 
My playlist is very eclectic and depends upon my mood.
Blondie, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas are some of the B's....

 L, S, S
 
love all
serve all
save the planet 
 
and dance
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Joy = Growth
 
Growth, stretching, opening up to new possibilities........
 

 
Things do not change; we change.
--Henry David Thoreau

 
 
Are you making a daily note of what you like about yourself? What brought you a ray of joy today? Think happy thoughts. I swear to you it matters. And it works. Try it for a week. What have you got to lose?
Joy = A Paris Smooch
 
"Kiss by Hotel DeVille, 1950" Photographer Robert Doisneau
 

 

 
tune playing at the moment:   
 ... give me all the earth and sky
and at the same time add a new dimension
Half the truth is of no use
give it all, give it all to me
I can stand it
I am strong that way...
 
Carly Simon, "Give Me All Night"
Wishing you joy, peace, wisdom, and clarity. For me too. 
 
joyfully,                                                                    
xx kelly    
 
and because I am in love with this quote, it bears repeating.... 
 
What is better than wisdom? Woman.
What is better than a good woman? Nothing.
~Geoffrey Chaucer

;)