| When Life Stinks, Find Your Joy! |
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| Issue No. 33 |
April 17, 2009 |
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Talk to me!
What brings YOU joy?! |
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Kelly Epperson
PO Box 2324
Loves Park, IL 61131
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Sun! It has returned!
Driving with the windows down is the official sign of spring.
Here in the midwest, we have a word for the emotion that comes with spring: Yay. Washing the windows at home, doing yard work, washing cars in the driveway....spring has sprung. (I have not done those things, but I seen my neighbors.)
I have cruised in the joy mobile with the windows down and enjoyed drinks at the outdoor bistro and walked the park. I am starting to think about flowers....
No matter where you live or what your climate, I hope you have several yay occasions this week.
Be yourself.
That way you never have to remember who you are.
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| Joy = Wisdom |
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the wisdom of cowboys
Anything worth cryin' can be smiled.
I read the book Cowboy Logic by Kinky Friedman; you should too. |
| GIGS:
April 14 - YMCA Child Care Providers Annual Dinner Banquet
April 17 - Hononegah High School
April 22 - Rockton Woman's Club Luncheon
April 22 - Janet Wattles Stress Relief Dinner | |
| Joy = Music |
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Lyrics I love:
I want you
to want me
Cheap Trick (Rockford Boys and fellow smart car owner Rick Nielsen)
Have I mentioned that my smart and I celebrated one year on Feb 28? Still in love! Almost 20,000 miles. This is not just infatuation. This is the real thing.
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| Joy = Kids |
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the wisdom of kids
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other.
Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
-- Lynnette, age 8
(thanks Joe)
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Joy = An Irish Toast |
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May the best of the past be the worst of the future.
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| Joy = Writing |
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Roses are red
violets are violet
nothing rhymes with violet
but it sort of looks like toilet
and that is why I am not a poet |
| Joy Droppings |
| What brings me joy lately?
* being the keynote speaker for child care worker annual recognition banquet - u rock.
* drinks with chicks
* all the ideas firing in my brain
* that several people thought the pic last week with Toby Keith was really him and not a cardboard cutout. If I had touched the real man, believe me, I would have told you
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Joy = Remember Me When I'm Gone |
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If you can read this,
you're standing on my head.
~Cowboy Epitaph |
| Joy = You |
Happy Incredible Fabulous Joyous Birthday Wishes to:
Jenny C in California
Lyn S in Nebraska
Amy M in Arizona
(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 = something poetic
Flick Pick This Week = just read this week |
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| Quote Junkie |
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"Poetry is, above all, a singing art of natural and magical connection because, though it is born out of one's person's solitude, it has the ability to reach out and touch in a humane and warmly illuminating way the solitude, even the loneliness, of others.
That is why, to me, poetry is one of the most vital treasures that humanity possesses; it is a bridge between separated souls."
~Irish poet Brendan Kennelly
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| Joy =French Lesson |
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Read. Anything. Poetry this month and every month.
The French are well read and love to discuss.
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| Joy = Never Give Up |
The video of Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle is showing up in my inbox a lot and I just watched last night at a friend's house. Yep, Susan has talent. And the song is I've Got a Dream from Les Mis. How poetic.
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| Joy = Tax man |
FYI - Tax returns filed timely. Yippee skippee.
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| JOY = Droppings from Another |
From Cowboy Logic, Kinky Friedman, 2006 (ISBN 978-0-312-33156-6)
Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given.
Only two kinds of people wear cowboy hats: cowboys and assholes.
It takes a real dumbass not to understand the value of an education.
Every journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
You're born alone and you die alone, so you might as well get used to it.
Piece of advice: Never eat a sandwich bigger than your head.
Atheist tombstone: All dressed up and no place to go.
Only write for those who can read between the lines.
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| Joy = Wisdom |
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"When you follow your bliss, doors will open where there were no doors before."
Joseph Campbell
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tune playing at the moment:
I believe there comes a time when everything just falls in line
We live and learn from our mistakes
the deepest cuts are healed by faith
"All Fired Up" Pat Benatar |
Jump for joy. Sing for joy. Shake your booty for joy. Hug somebody, kiss somebody, smile at somebody, be kind to somebody. Spread the joy.
joyfully, xx kelly
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| Joy = Parting Shot |
... Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.
thanks mally
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