We see what we want to see

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Accidental screen shot yesterday. Just noticed that it happened exactly as Mickey was blinking.

 

A busy December schedule can blind us to the incredible joy of the season. The world at the time (2015 years ago), was actually in the moment of a savior being born. Incomprehensible.

Yet, all these years later, Christians have the conscious ability to comprehend it.

But do we?

i find this time of year (December) especially busy. And each year i vow it will be different next year and all the years in the future.

 

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Clutter steals our joy

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Where are we going today?

 

Clutter steals our joy.

Clutter invisibly manifests itself into the fabric of our lives because we think being organized is the way to conquer clutter.

The reality is clutter comes from time pressure, obligations, and lack of purpose.

When we are stressed and metaphorically don’t know where we are going, we guess. Guessing is not an effective way to thrive.

 

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Rejoice when your world gets smaller

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Two days ago, a reminder that health is wealth – we know this yet we don’t.

 

Our world gets smaller when God’s world (in our life) gets bigger.

About the only thing powerful enough to get our medicated, distracted, and entertained attention is a bring-you-to-your-knees wake up call.

To remember what it was like to be poorer, less educated, inexperienced, and uncertain is to now be able to appreciate how far God has come in our life.

Let what i need be small and insignificant.

Let what i can offer God be big and wonderfully significant.

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What does pure joy look like?

North Carolina Mountain vegetation
On yesterday’s first hike to walk two Labs.

 

Chocolate Lab pup
Maggis is six-months old. We walked a mile, her distance was four times that.

 

What does pure joy look like? In the non-human form, i think it’s captured nicely in these two photos.

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Lower the bar on what makes you happy

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Wearing this shirt all week in honor of Steve Prefontaine.

 

The joy is in the journey, not the destination.

Obviously there is joy in the destination, but why wait all that time?

Seriously, why?

Lighten up. Get focused. Savor. Lower the bar on what makes you happy. Lower it even more on what makes you grateful.

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