I have been working on trying to see the positive side of life more and more. As I was thinking about the positive aspects of life, I starting thinking about the things that bring me joy. There are so many things in all of our lives that bring us joy. What brings a person joy is different for each of us. However, when we discover something that brings us joy, we find ourselves wanting to share that joy with others. As I have said many times, each life touches so many others and sharing the things that bring us joy is just another way for us to touch the lives of the people with whom we come into contact.

When we think about the things that bring us joy, we feel warm inside, we get a smile on our face, and we feel happy. All of these feelings are important to living a life that is positive and full of peace. We often mistakenly believe that God does not care about the little things that make us happy. We believe that He is too busy to care about such things. The thing that all of us need to remember is that God does care about the things that bring us joy. Actually, He brought those things to our attention and He created us to like the things we like because He knew they would bring us joy. God is interested in every little detail about our lives. He wants us to be happy, and He wants us to have things in life that bring us joy. He knows that it is those things that will sustain us during the difficult times in our lives. He has placed them there to be a comfort to us and to make our lives better.

With that being said, I decided to share a few of the things that bring joy to my life. When I was thinking about the list to share with all of you, I realized that I had so many different things that bring me joy that it was difficult for me to narrow it down. So today, I am going to share five non-living things that bring me joy and will post more at a later date. I would also like all of you to start making a list of the things that bring you joy, and if you have time, I would like for you to leave a comment about one thing that brings you joy. I know that we are all very busy and it takes time to leave a comment, so if you want you can just leave one word. When we share with others the things that bring us joy, they will start thinking about the things that bring them joy.

I hope you will enjoy my list of things that bring me joy, and I hope that it will inspire you to start focusing on the things that bring you joy. When we think about the things that bring us joy, we will have more peace in our lives and PEACE MATTERS!

~Dan~

Saltbox houses

Early primitives

Decorating our house

Making samplers

Early samplers