Share the Joy: Abundance

Please forgive me. Holiday weekends

mess with my mind 

and I'm convinced it's still Wednesday

so I'm late posting.

I have to admit that lately,

with all the getting-the-house-ready-to-sell

and trying-to-make-the-new-house-mine-

even-though-I'm-not-living-there-yet,

I've lost touch with some of the things I love most.

I'm not writing.

I don't keep a camera close by.

So the road trip I mentioned last week was a joyous blessing.

I drove to the eastern part of the state --

Pullman specifically --

home of Washington State University,

where I started my higher education.

There was some material in the university's manuscript collection

that pertained to my mother's family's trip by wagon train

to Washington Territory in 1862 that I wanted to peruse.

Once that was done, I meandered about the two-lane highways

and dusty lanes with a map of photo ops.

It's farming country, as you can see.

Some farms -- wheat ranches, often --

are prosperous

but other farms and homesteads are abandoned.

It was magical to come around a corner and see something

I wanted to capture through the lens.

It reminded me that my abundance lies in my joy

and I do myself a disservice

if I don't do what I love every day.

What's on your mind this week?

How are you cultivating joy? 

Celebrate it.

Share it.

 

1. do a post that tells and shows what gives you joy.

  2. capture the URL of the specific post and paste it into 

the Mr. Linky box along with your info.

3. Visit other players and let their joy infect you.

Leave them a comment because everyone

 enJOYS getting positive feedback.

Let's keep the epidemic of JOY going!