Make Today A Joyful Day
Do some of your favorite activities every day. Read a magazine or book to relax and learn something new every day. Try learning to play a musical instrument, and soon you will be playing relaxing melodies for yourself and others. I like to go for walks and listen to the sounds of nature. I especially like it when I hear a cardinal singing up high in a tree or see a pair of them eating at my bird feeder. I generally will see two Blue Herons fly out of the creek not far from me. They remind me of a historic bird. I love the smell of fresh-cut grass or alfalfa hay. I have seen groups of wild turkeys in the fields along with ducks and quail. If you ride a bicycle during the day, you can take in all of the sounds of nature, such as frogs croaking in the morning in standing water in the ditches, or hear your neighbors’ roosters’ wake-up call cock a doodle doo.
Spend Time With God Every Day
I’d like you to please read a daily devotion and reflect on how that has applied to your day. I am sure you can relate to the devotion in something that you did today and how it worked out for you and others in your life. Help spread God’s good works by helping others with things that make their lives easier and better. Give to mission projects and donate your used clothing and other items to charities that will help deliver them to the right places and the people who need them. Praise God every day for what he has done to make your day better, for bringing the right friends into your life and your family, and for placing people in your life at the right time and in the right place.
Help Others And Feel Joyful
I like it when people ask me for advice, and I can help them out. If I need help with something, I want someone I can depend on, as we all do. When you give someone a present that you know they will love, it gives you a joyful feeling. People have asked me to pull things off their high sleeves, and I always do, as I am glad I can reach them. I saw an older woman fall one day, and I found some middle-aged men to help pick her up and get her into the building where she wanted to go. I thanked the men for helping her. I was stuck in a ditch with my pickup years ago, and about half of my neighbors stopped to ask if they could help me. I said no, I had called a tow truck, but I did thank each one of them for asking if I needed help. Remember, everyone is your neighbor, and we should come to each other’s aid when needed. It gives me a good feeling to make someone’s day a little brighter.
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