Live the Joy
JOY ~ Journey of You June 11, 2010 |
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Past joy droppings feed the soul.
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What song will be played for you?
Several months ago, reader Patty Russ wrote to me:
"Thought you'd enjoy this ~ I went to a funeral this week. I only remotely knew the deceased. She was 93, sharp as a tack and just renewed her drivers license so she could get her hair done and go to the grocery store.
At the end of the funeral service, as the casket was wheeled down the aisle, at her very specific request the entire church sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" TWICE. (She was a long suffering Cubs fan.) It brought lots of laughs as young and old alike sang their loudest, accompanied by the organ naturally.
This is not the first time I've witnessed this. My Uncle had everyone sing "Happy Trails" because he always said he wanted to be a cowboy."
Patty and I discussed what songs we would request to celebrate our life. She thinks maybe she'll go with "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Me? My pick changes daily. If I die this week, let's go with Partridge Family's "Come on, Get Happy." Or maybe Collin Raye's "Love Remains." Or maybe Wham, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go."
Life does come with a soundtrack. What's yours?
(Thank you, Patty.)
Words to Ponder~
We all live, we all die,
But the end is not goodbye.
The sun comes up, the seasons change,
Through it all, love remains.
An eternal burning flame,
Hope lives on, and love remains.
Tom Douglas/Jim Daddario |
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| T-shirt design: when you see yourself in the mirror..... | |
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| Picks this week |
Book Pick - Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys
Flick Pick - La Vie En Rose
(Marion Cotillard knocks your socks off as Edith Piaf)
Your JOY assignment this week:
Look for beauty, everywhere, and in others, and in you.
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"Life is not made up of great sacrifices and duties but of little things: in which smiles and kindness given habitually are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort."
~Sir Humphry Davy
note to self: "given habitually"
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No, I regret nothing.....
In the privacy of my car, I belt out the Edith Piaf French version, Non je ne regrette rien. (The French is the original and you get the feel even if you don't understand a word of it.)
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| Birthday Love | |
HAPPYHAPPYJOYJOY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO:
KIMBERLY GREYSON-BOST (KGB)
NANCY FLANAGAN
PAT MCCLELLAN
KATHLEEN TRESEMER
MARGE NANIA
AND to
ALL who are celebrating this week!
BIRTHDAY KISSES from PARIS
(Send in your birthday. Each month a name is drawn for a JOY prize delivered via snail mail.)
MAY WINNER = SUSAN RICHARDSON!!!
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Did you know....
International Happiness Day is 10 July 2010 |
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Hey, don't write yourself off yet....
"The Middle," Jimmy Eat World
So don't buy in.
Live right now.
yeah, just be yourself.
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"The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends."
- Shirley MacLaine |
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"We touch the lives of others in ways we often never know. People sometimes come into our personal world for fleeting moments and can leave us forever changed. We have more power to create or to destroy than we can imagine. We can leave things or individuals better or worse than we found them."
~Gail Pursell Elliott
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| JOY Engagements | |
June 3 -Freeport Zion Church Seniors Young at Heart
June 17 - Rockford Chamber Women's Expo
June 30 - CLRC Seniors
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UPCOMING JOY EVENTS |
**JOY Dance Party!**
FOR EVERYONE!!
(tentative Oct 1)
**JOY One-Day Retreat**
OCTOBER 9
**Joy: A Luncheon**
**Meet your Muse on Lago Maggiore**
A week of creative expression in northern Italy
Poetry, Prose, & Joy
May 5 -11, 2011
(Details coming soon!)
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HAPPINESS CLUB, LOVES PARK, IL
(first Thursday every month)
You can learn how to be happy!
NEXT MEETING:
Thursday, July 1
6:30 - 8:15 pm
North Suburban Library, 6340 N. Second St., Loves Park
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| Word Nerd |
vamoose \va-MOOS\, verb:
1. To leave hurriedly or quickly; decamp.
If someone tries to rain on your happy parade, tell them, "Vamoose!" |
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They're playing your song.........
joyfully,
xxkelly
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Spread the word! Let's build an army of JOY Spreaders! | | parting shot...
"End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes
in the mirror and saying, 'I love you!' Do this for thirty days
and watch how you transform."
-- Mark Victor Hansen |
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Kelly Epperson
kel_epperson@yahoo.com
PO Box 2324 Loves Park IL 61131
Member AATH - Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
Member AHA - American Happiness Association
Founder - Happiness Club of Loves Park, IL
Member NSNC - National Society of Newspaper Columnists |
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My niece, Marissa, modeling!
Shirts ~C'est Bon and JOY*US $10 |
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