Have you seen “It’s A Wonderful Life”? If you haven’t, here’s the 3 cent synopsis: A nice guy thinks his life doesn’t matter so he wishes he was never born. His wish gets granted and he sees what everyone else’s life would have been like without him. He realizes he misses his family so he […]
Joy and Happiness are probably hiding in plan sight.
Joy and happiness are interesting things. Sometimes, the harder we look for them, the harder they are to find. It’s usually when we give up the search that we find the things we want the most. Joy might be staring you in the face and you may not even notice. Why does this happen? […]
An Argument for the Grinch Having Always Been Happy
I was watching “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” as I do every year when I started to think, we have the Grinch all wrong. I think he was happy before he returned his heart grew three sizes that day. Now here is my argument for the Grinch’s happiness. First, he chose to live alone. He […]
Finding Your Joy in the Season of COVID-19
There’s a secret that I’ve learned and I want to share it with you. It’s something that I keep running into in various forms through my reading and conversations with people. It’s something, that when I began to understood its meaning, I began to practice. And that’s part of the key, it takes practice, lots […]
Christmas In Whoville, what does it mean to you?
When I watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I always look forward to the part where the Grinch thinks he’s won at stealing Christmas. He get’s up on the mountaintop with a sleigh full of joy, or so he thinks. Then off in the distance, whispers on the wind rise up, the non-sensical lyrics, “Fah […]
You Can Make Christmas Miracles Happen Every Day!
— This is the closing scene of the movie “Scrooged”. The movie is a reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol”. If you’ve never read it, I feel sorry for you. After you read this post, you need to buy the book and read it. Here’s a link to book on Amazon, […]