To miss the joy is to miss all.

Find out where joy resides,

and give it a voice

far beyond singing.

For to miss the joy is to miss all.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

To miss the JOY is to miss all.

I use Instagram to document those things that bring me joy… and around the end of each year, our family gathers to draw/color/write a “plate” to highlight all the joys, peaks and valleys of the past year. We’ve been doing this for 18 years. (Click here to see our “plate” experience!)

Somewhere, sometime, a long time ago, I heard a person say, “If your life is worth living, it’s worth documenting.” I don’t remember who said it, but it’s remained a cautionary statement.

However, before you can document your joys – those happenings which cause JOY – you need to notice them. Perhaps that’s why I find the above quote by Robert Louis Stevenson particularly poignant…

In what way

(or ways)

are you taking action

to notice and capture the joy in your life?

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