Joy in Everyday Things

Here we are coming up on another of Toni's Tuesday. 4 

 I realized today that I have been doing Tuesday 4 for more than 4 years now!    It just doesn't seem that long.

Tempus fugit!

Here are this week's questions.................

1. What do you do on a typical weekend?    Saturday? Sunday?  How do you make them delightful or joyous?

Typically I do not much at all.  I rest on Saturday and Sunday.   I do my work and cooking on weekdays. Saturday is the 7th day the day of rest.  Sunday is for visiting, going out or doing things you have no time for on other days.

2.   What sources of joy do you find in your days?

 The weather from sun to snow, the ocean, the birds, the forest, the trees, the wonderful change of seasons.  I love it all and find it all produces some joy.  The fact that we can experience the feeling of happiness, love and joy is in itself a great miracle and a great joy and delight!

3. What's for dinner tonight?  How will you make it  a delight and a joy?

Tonight I will  saute broccoli with garlic and olive oil then toss with some spaghetti and squeeze a  fresh lemon over it all.  I might add some grated cheese on top.  The scent of the fresh lemon is a delight.

I make my meals a joy by eating them on my lovely pink dish from Portugal .    Then  I listen to music as I eat. Sometimes I listen to a story or an old time radio broadcast.  I finish my meal with hot tea or coffee and that is a delightful thing to do.  I end my meal with saying grace as I began my meal.   I do this no matter where I am though I do not do it out loud but silently.  I only pray out loud if I have company or family over to eat and then since I am head of my household I say the prayers for everyone.

4.  How are you doing personally and how can we add to the joy and delight in your days?

I am in a lot of pain lately all the time and could use some prayer.  It is a bit discouraging and tiring... very tiring.    When people pray it is so obvious in my life and that fills me with joy.

Each week, more than a hundred people visit and read the Tuesday 4 but only a few join in.   I wonder why?   I had hoped it would grow and maybe it still will!  You never know.