Several years ago, while we were living in North Carolina I did a lot of yoga. There are many benefits of yoga; a lot are physical in nature, some are of a decidedly more spiritual kind. One of the best things it did for me spiritually was to make me to slow down and breathe. Until you slow down regularly you have no idea how fast you live your life. Taking an hour to do yoga causes you to slow down during the rest of your day and enjoy lots of little things. <\/p>\n
One of the things I decided to do to remember those little things was to start a joy list. Here are some excerpts from my list. Some are serious, some won’t mean much to you, and some are downright silly but maybe it will help you to slow down and think about what you would put on your own joy list.<\/p>\n
1. Stephen’s laugh
\n4. the smell of lavender
\n7. finishing a cross-stitch piece
\n9. making bread
\n11. talking to my mom for an hour and a half on the phone
\n14. the beach
\n17. clothes warm from the dryer
\n19. watching Chili romp on the floor (our pet Chinchilla who died shortly after moving here)
\n28. visiting with Alana in Nashville
\n29. finding a new watch to buy
\n34. moby.com
\n35. Farscape reruns
\n54. listening to it rain
\n67. new friends in a new city
\n68. old friends in an old city
\n75. communion at church
\n77. The Bedroom by Van Gogh
\n87. new whitie imac
\n92. movers who pack our stuff for us
\n105. watching Stephen graduate from Duke
\n116. seeing Canadian geese in the field by our house
\n117. Mellow Mushroom Pizza
\n125. Cirque du Soleil
\n130. wedding dresses
\n137. family and friends who help you paint
\n143. finding out that what you have is better than what you wanted in the first place
\n144. waiting for the baby
\n147. my grandma at my house
\n150. the sun through the blinds making stripes in the kitchen
\n152. hearing Eli say, “I love Mommy”<\/p>\n
So I invite you to share your joy list too. I don’t think any of our lists can ever be too long.<\/p>\n
Namaste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Several years ago, while we were living in North Carolina I did a lot of yoga. There are many benefits of yoga; a lot are physical in nature, some are of a decidedly more spiritual kind. One of the best things it did for me spiritually was to make me to slow down and breathe. … Continue reading Don’t Delay Joy<\/span>