{"id":377,"date":"2016-04-09T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T17:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/?p=377"},"modified":"2016-04-09T12:49:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T17:49:11","slug":"finding-joy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/2016\/04\/09\/finding-joy-3\/","title":{"rendered":"finding joy .3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>light.<\/strong> morning light, afternoon light, sunset light, sunrise light, moonlight, light, light, light! I seriously can&#8217;t get enough of the different ways light looks as it crawls across a floor, sweeps in between the trees, lays across my lap, flickers on the walls, diffuses through the curtains, agh! can&#8217;t. even.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>heart listening.<\/strong> not physically listening to your heart, but more than just people listening. Really, truly, staying in that space and getting past that fluff and good stuff but oh baby, the richness is inside. Yes, teaching myself to stay in those spaces and wait, and listen, and ask, and listen&#8230;wow, the stories that are told! So important!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>staying in other people&#8217;s homes.<\/strong> okay, I&#8217;m not weird, it&#8217;s just so&#8230;what? so&#8230;..honest and gutsy; to invite someone into your home to eat, sleep, use your bathroom, see your stuff, spend the night&#8230;.it&#8217;s so vulnerable. and I just so badly love it! it&#8217;s so connecting!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>jumping across streams.<\/strong>\u00a0but you already knew that. BUT seriously, if you ever want to feel alive (and possibly wet)&#8230;DO IT. Okay, right, there are some&#8230;guidelines:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">1. make sure you can almost NOT make it. gives you more of an adrenaline rush, more of a, &#8220;wow, I almost didn&#8217;t make that jump&#8221; feeling afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">2. ALWAYS jump with others. because you get to laugh SO badly if the other person falls in, or you get to join in on the laughter after YOU fall in. either way: laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">3. ALWAYS preface your decision to start jumping (once you&#8217;ve found an adequate stream and have checked off numbers one and two on the list) with: &#8220;Okay, we ALL have to jump otherwise you ARE the weakest link. Goodbye.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">and<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">4. ALWAYS take pictures to document.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">continuing on&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>my sweet kindergartener&#8217;s reasoning.<\/strong> as follows (literally, word for word): &#8220;I really want the blue swatter, because&#8230;.well, I just love the color blue, in fact, my SISTER really loves the color blue, actually, you see that blue wall behind you? Well, I love that blue wall sooo much that I just want to put it in my pocket and take it with me wherever I go&#8230;there, you see, so can you give me the blue swatter?&#8221; i die, every time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>flavoring kombucha with Abby.<\/strong> pure joy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>our small group.<\/strong> man, what am I going to do without those crazies!? I love you guys and have been SO impacted and changed by your honesty, stories, community, and friendship!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>remembering memories of my grandparent&#8217;s old farm in Wisconsin<\/strong>. it&#8217;s the weirdest thing but every time, right before I fall asleep, a new, delightful memory pops into my head about staying on my grandparent&#8217;s farm when I was a little girl and man, I just fall asleep so happy and content!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>the fact that Richard now likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.<\/strong> i really can&#8217;t explain it, he just&#8230;started liking it one day. well, maybe it&#8217;s because he said this one preschooler would have one everyday for lunch and he would wonder, &#8220;could it really be that good&#8221;. well, it is. it really is that good. i am so excited for the future pbj picnics we are going to have!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>Jasne.<\/strong> possibly the best soup I&#8217;ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ever<\/span> had in my life, made by my husband. It is so good. google it. make it. so good! *update: you can&#8217;t google it, I tried and it doesn&#8217;t exist, so you will just have to ask my husband to make it for you \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>Dr. Bronner&#8217;s Peppermint soap.\u00a0<\/strong>I could walk around smelling that stuff all day. &#8220;Is that soap in your nose?&#8221; &#8220;Why yes, yes it is&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">DARK CHOCOLATE<\/span> peanut butter cups<\/strong>. <\/strong>no explanation needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">With love, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">E<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4868.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-397\" 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size-large wp-image-388\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_47101-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4710\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_47101-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_47101-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-392\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4715-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4715\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4715-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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size-large wp-image-390\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4717-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4717\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4717-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4717-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4695.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-401\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4695-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4695\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4695-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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size-large wp-image-402\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4779-996x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4779\" width=\"940\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4779-996x1024.jpg 996w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2016\/04\/IMG_4779-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=377&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>light. morning light, afternoon light, sunset light, sunrise light, moonlight, light, light, light! I seriously can&#8217;t get enough of the different ways light looks as it crawls across a floor, sweeps in between the trees, lays across my lap, flickers on the walls, diffuses through the curtains, agh! can&#8217;t. even. heart listening. not physically listening to your heart, but more than just people listening. Really, truly, staying in that space and getting past that fluff and good stuff but oh baby, the richness is inside. Yes, teaching myself to stay in those spaces and wait, and listen, and ask, and listen&#8230;wow, the stories that are told! So important! staying in other people&#8217;s homes. okay, I&#8217;m not weird, it&#8217;s just so&#8230;what? so&#8230;..honest and gutsy; to invite someone into your home to eat, sleep, use your bathroom, see your stuff, spend the night&#8230;.it&#8217;s so vulnerable. and I just so badly love it! it&#8217;s so connecting! jumping across streams.\u00a0but you already knew that. BUT seriously, if you ever want to feel alive (and possibly wet)&#8230;DO IT. Okay, right, there are some&#8230;guidelines: 1. make sure you can almost NOT make it. gives you more of an adrenaline rush, more of a, &#8220;wow, I almost didn&#8217;t make that jump&#8221; feeling afterwards. 2. 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