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A Light Heart Lives Long….

August 4, 2016 by Joi Leave a Comment

A Light Heart Lives Long. - William Shakespeare
“A light heart lives long.” This William Shakespeare quote is a personal favorite.  It serves as a reminder of the importance of setting aside a little time each day for doing what makes you happy. Whether it’s watching tv, reading a book, or catching up on social media… or doing them all at once if you’re a multi-tasker!… make a point of finding your bliss every single day.

If anyone asks you what you’re doing, tell them – you’re prolonging your life!

~ Joi (“Joy”)

Filed Under: Daily Quote, How to Be Happy, Positive Thought Tagged With: happiness, quote about happiness, quote about life, quote graphic

Dance… As Long as the Music Plays

March 18, 2016 by Joi 1 Comment

Dance as Long as the Music Plays 

Dance… as long as the music plays.

When it comes to the subjects of aging well or coping with illnesses, one of my favorite sayings is this: “Dance as long as the music plays.” Tragically, yet understandably, most people – when they either reach a certain age or a certain point in their illness when their fight begins to leave them – turn their attention from living to dying.  They stop enjoying the world and begin missing the world…. long before they even have to leave it!

Short story: My father, Larry Joe (how perfectly southern is that name?), battled horrific illnesses most of his adult life. The things this man had to deal with would make the rest of us shake with embarrassment over the things we complain about.  A doctor at Vanderbilt once told my mom that my dad’s level of pain was almost unheard of – and that it was relentless. He likened it to pouring salt water in an open wound. Over and over and over again.

Each morning brought waves of nausea that he would joke about being his “morning sickness without a baby to show for it.”  One by one, things that he loved to do (working – he loved his job!, gardening, umpiring softball games, walking with his granddaughters..) had to give way to sitting in his recliner watching reruns of Matlock, Rockford Files and Perry Mason.

He wasn’t even 60.

Here’s the thing, though. The man never complained. Not once did he ask or even come close to asking, “Why me?” When he could no longer tend to his rose beds, he read rose magazines and browsed rose bush catalogs – talking about “next year’s garden” when he’d be “stronger.”

His body robbed him of health and it robbed him of many, many years but it never robbed him of his love of life. During his last hospital stay, he made jokes about the food and teased my mom by saying their food even made him anxious to get home to her’s!

Such a character.

What can we learn from this character?

  • For one thing, he had fun with life. There wasn’t a day that he wasn’t finding something to laugh about. And if that something didn’t appear, he’d create it.  I could always see it building in his face – I’d think, “Uh oh, here it comes.” Daddy was a sweetheart but he had a crazy sense of humor and you’d always kind of want to brace yourself for it.  If life wasn’t living up to his sense of humor, he had no problem with creating a little craziness. He’d get that sparkle in his eye and you knew someone was going to get roasted, you just hoped it wasn’t you!
  • He focused on the beauty in life and turned away from the ugly.  How many people just seemingly STARE at the ugliness in life? Not only do they stare at it, it’s almost as though they search it out.. then they share it all over social media. It’s kind of like, “I’m focusing on this ugliness and now I want you to as well.” The summer before he died, my dad fell and broke his hip. He had to have a hospital bed delivered to their home and even required a walker for several months after his surgery.  I guess it’s because I knew it was so close to the end, but the sight of that walker and hospital bed made me want to cry. He would, as you’d expect, make jokes about them. The only thing I ever heard him say about the walker was that he was very grateful for it because, unlike his granddaughters, he wasn’t much of a crawler.

Finally… what can we learn from this jokester?  He danced…. for as long as the music played. And he didn’t sit one song out.

He lived out one of my favorite sayings,  “Dance as long as the music plays.”

As we grow older, we have to be on guard for dark clouds that come swooping in. Dark clouds that remind us of things we no longer are able to do. Clouds that whisper that time isn’t on our side. Clouds that remind us of health issues, aches, pains, and what have you.  Is there a lot of truth to what they have to say? Sure. Those morning aches aren’t exactly fictional, are they?!

But here’s the thing – you can’t focus on any of that nonsense. Where’s the joy in that?

Whether age or illness (or if you’re really showing off and are up against both) has brought a few visiting dark clouds into your world, here’s what I want you to do.

  1. Acknowledge them.
  2. Obliterate them.

Don’t ever focus on the end of the song. Focus on the music and let the end work itself out. Focus on living and focus on the beauty in life. By all means, focus on laughter. The more, the better. Someone I once knew taught me that every now and then, if life isn’t funny enough, you have to create your own. Just warn everyone first, okay?

“Dance as long as the music plays.” – Larry Joe’s Daughter

Filed Under: Aging Well, Daily Quote, Positive Thought Tagged With: aging well, dealing with illness, life quote, Positive Thought, quote about life

Could This Be the Best Quote about Life?

May 2, 2014 by Joi 2 Comments

Quote About Life by Albert Einstein

 

Some people are so infatuated with quotes that they can pull one out of their hat for any given situation. How do I know?

Because I”m the guiltiest of the guilty.

Sure,  I often spout my favorite quotations to anyone who’ll listen, but I spout them off even more frequently to myself.

Some quotes resonate with me so thoroughly that I don’t just spout them off, I live them out.  This particular quote by one of the greatest minds we’ve ever known is one that pretty much defines me.  Along with, “All I’m after is a world full of laughter,” this quote about life flies over my own life like a flag.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

What I love most about it is that it’s a reminder to stop. Look. Listen. We are surrounded by miracles every single moment of every single day.  Sadly (I think you could even say tragically), many people become apathetic at best, and cynical at worst.  They either fail to recognize or refuse to acknowledge the beauty and the miracles that surround them.

Boy are they missing out!

Don’t let cynicism or apathy rob you of living the sort of life we should all want: One filled with miracles everywhere we look.

Make no mistake about it, they are there.

I hope you discover a couple of miracles today,
~ Joi

Filed Under: Daily Quote, How to Be Happy, Positive Thought Tagged With: inspirational quote, quote about life, quote about miracles

Quote of the Day: The Journey

February 20, 2013 by Joi Leave a Comment

Kentucky Road
Sometimes we become so focused on the finish line, that we fail to find joy in the journey. – Unknown

More quotes about life.

~ Joi

Filed Under: Daily Quote Tagged With: life quote, quote about life

Dancing in the Rain: A Great Quote About Life

May 16, 2012 by Joi 1 Comment

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain!
This life quote is one worth memorizing.  Some people think they can only be happy when the sun’s out, when the kids are behaving perfectly, when the spouse is saying all the right things, when the cat’s feeling cuddly, and when money’s in the bank. As a result (given the fact that kids will be kids, spouses aren’t perfect, cats don’t always feel as cuddly as they look, and money is completely unreasonable), these people don’t end up smiling nearly as much as they scowl.  And sigh. And complain…

Expecting things to be perfectly agreeable all the time’s like expecting the sun to shine every day of the year.

The trick is to learn to accept the bad days as well as the good – and to not only accept them, but delight in them.

I’m not perfect (far from it). If you ever saw me try to budget money (or calories), drive in the dark, or carry a tune you’d give me a hearty amen right about now.  However, this dancing in the rain thing? I own it.  I’m an expert at finding “my happy place,” so much so that most of the time people around me don’t even know when I’m burdened with something.  “Well, she’s smiling, dancing and chit-chatting – all must be perfect in her world.”

Once (about 459 years ago), when I was in my twenties – my mom asked me how I kept from allowing a certain family (health) situation to “get to” me.  I told her that it had definitely gotten to me, I just wasn’t letting my face know about it.   After all, I had three little girls – and everyone knows how perceptive these little creatures are.  So the heart was heavy but the feet did all they could to stay light.

When the world seems unreasonable and even ridiculous, do all you can to rise above it.  Think of these storms as your mortal enemies, then catch them off guard and DANCE. They certainly won’t be expecting that.

Advantage: YOU.

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