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Quote of the Day: Some Days There Won’t Be a Song in Your Heart….

August 12, 2016 by Joi 2 Comments

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Sing Anyway!
Some Days There Won’t Be a Song in Your Heart. Sing Anyway.  Beautiful!

This Emory Austin quote reminds me of a day a few months ago when I found myself walking around my kitchen wearing what surely must have looked like the Grinch’s expression.

I had hurt my back, and possibly even cracked a rib, by falling against a concrete picnic table.

I’m graceful, if nothing else.

The pain was relentless and I was getting, probably, three total hours of sleep each night. When you’re running on little sleep and big pain, even coffee doesn’t help your countenance.

I decided to go all “Self Help Daily-esque” on myself. I smiled at my cat (and I’m pretty sure she raised her eyebrow at me) and declared her to be the most beautiful cat in the world – a fact she already knew.

I looked out the window and smiled at the birds, squirrels, and trees. Not one smiled back, but that was okay. When I walked back through the kitchen and poured myself another cup of coffee (all theories have to be tested, you know), I realized that I was no longer wearing a Grinch expression because I no longer felt like him.

Sure, the pain was still there and the yawns were piling up on one another – but I was smiling. My mood was lifted simply because I decided that’s simply how it must be.

Sing anyway… or, at the very least, smile!

~ Joi (“Joy”)

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  1. Yanglish says

    August 19, 2016 at 1:54 am

    I read your story and really enjoyed it. Excellent .
    The quote is marvelous.
    I also like this quote: “There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” Lady Blessington

  2. Joi says

    August 19, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    Yanglish, that’s beautiful – I love it! I actually just wrote it down on an index card and tacked it to my bulletin board. Thanks so much for sharing and commenting. – Joi

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