50+ community Weekend Check-in July 23, 2021
Hello everyone, I hope you're having a good day and wish you a great weekend
Suffering can make us lose the joy in life, it can make us believe that there’s nothing good around us. 
So, today I like to invite you to look around you and intentionally search for things which give you joy or just make you smile.
Come back here and share 3 things with us
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Joy-fullness is always personal journey 🙏 mine is found in many ways! This week it’s : spending time with my daughter and shopping 😀 Taking walks in the park with my grand dog 🐕 and just being present 💝 enjoy your weekend!
@placidPlum3193
Shopping with daughter sounds like fun, hope you had a great time
I did, we had a wonderful week together, laughing and watching our favorite shows, meditation, it was priceless 🌷
@placidPlum3193
Awesome!
Joy fullness is your very nature... Little little simple things give me joy : Playing with kids... A walk in the forest... A road trip... Bonding with the family... 💖❣️💖
@RideaRainbow
Bonding time with people we love is precious!
@amiablePeace77, Hi, Peace! 1. my cat, Chloe. She and I are close. 2. 98% less bugs in my apartment thanks to me applying poison to the interior perimeter of my apartment and the exterior that I could reach easily. 3. a full stomach
@purpleTree4652
No fun to live to share your own space with bugs. I put something we call broadleaf thyme in every room and sometimes orange peel, that helps too. Here is a link which might give you some more ideas https://www.saferbrand.com/articles/get-rid-of-common-household-bugs
@amiablePeace77, Oh, peace, I live in Florida now. There are no mild solutions for bugs here. We have to break out the big, toxic guns here.
@purpleTree4652
Seems like you have a big bug problem, sorry to hear. I read some time ago that swarms of insects have invaded Southwest Florida.
Three things that give me joy is I love to watch tv,it’s fun.Drinking green smoothies give me joy, and thirdly what gives me joy is I have air conditioning if I get hot.
@Babygirlj
Green smoothies are the best! I can totally relate to aircon, it's like a minivacation from the heat.
Hello Everyone I'am new here but I truly feel very welcome here.Have a Blessed and beautiful weekend.
@practicalCat2637
Hi practicalCat2637, nice to have you with us . I look forward to seeing you in the forums and discussions which are a great way to connect with other members too. You can find detailed information on how to use the site here https://www.7cups.com/home/welcome/ but you are very welcome too to message me if you have questions
Three things:
1. Good music - hearing one of my favorite Grateful Dead songs (or Beatles or whatever), or Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yuja Wang on piano
2. A good thunderstorm - they are invigorating
3. Riding my bike by the lakefront (Lake Michigan)
@WharfRat
Biking is a great exercise and so nice when in a beautiful surroundings like a lake. Yuja Wang is amazing!
"Only" three things that give me joy and make me smile??? It is hard to limit this
1) God and Jesus in my life and all that God has provided me with, and helped me with.
2) Wonderful friends in my life and at church that I am so grateful to be around and be a part of their lives.
3) Grover, who I have lived with almost 37 years and how we have grown over the years, and I am so grateful for him and this life we have shared and grown through.
@Amelia2324 I am glad that you have so many good things in your life. Thanks for all of your kind words and caring ways
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@adventurousBranch3786
Thanks Branch. I think a lot of you and enjoy when you are around. I hope that things are alright for you, Branch.
Hi ami and everyone 😀 My 3 things 1) Watching the daylight break through the night sky with smell of new day and hearing birds with morning songs. 2) Talking with my daughter on the phone, she is my reason to keep going. 3) Knowing I am in life part of something greater than my own existence. Hugs and love to everyone 🤗 ❤
@Cazzy8752
You must be very proud of having her. Listening to the birds in the morning is just wonderful!