Find a way to create joy each day
When you do hard work, you'd like for people to notice it. Some people believe in the philosophy espoused in one biblical passage (the beginning of Matthew, chapter 6), which suggests that if you do good deeds without loudly drawing attention to them, you'll eventually be rewarded. It can be frustrating, however, to keep doing… Continue reading Appreciation
Our second day of the cruise was spent visiting the island of Antigua, and we had booked quite an eclectic excursion - a bus tour of parts of the island with a trio of planned stops. The first stop was to visit the farmhouse of a family who had lived on the island for generations.… Continue reading The lives not lived
Sometimes the best moments of joy are the ones you aren't expecting. It's the evening of the first day of the cruise. We've already had a fantastic day of catamaran-ing, snorkeling, ocean swimming, beach time, sunny weather, and rum punches. We've had a scrumptious dinner with the kind of service one gets on a cruise… Continue reading The family that puzzles together
One commonly held belief, shared by athletes, psychologists, and new-age gurus, is that if you invest time in envisioning a future, you're more likely to bring it about. Call it goal setting, call it controlling your reality, call it tricking your brain... however you attribute it, you can find example after example of people picturing… Continue reading Just as you envisioned
This holiday season, to celebrate our 20th anniversary, my family went on a Caribbean cruise. It was full of joyous moments. But as you might imagine, given the December 2021 surge of the Omicron variant of COVID, it was not without its concerns. In fact, I'd say that the travel day, from the moment we… Continue reading Joy is worth the risk
The Joys of JJFoley 