Joy

Springtime came in full force today! We enjoyed sunshine and 75 degree temperatures.  The world was just joyful.  The quad was full of students playing, laughing, singing, talking, sleeping, reading.  Von and Claire and I sat in the sun and Von taught me how to play a song on Claire's ukulele. I have never tried to play a musical instrument in my life, and it was not only really fun but I felt pretty accomplished!  It was also a really relaxing thing for me.  The scene looked something like this: Von playing his uke, me playing Claire's, Claire and Von both singing, the sun shining, the grass dancing, the wind blowing our hair around our faces. Claire turned to me and said, "Do you ever have those moments where you think, 'I just want to remember this moment forever'?"  I do, and I think we can all say we have had those types of moments where everything is so perfect that we want to preserve it and go back there every time we wonder about anything in life.  Today was this wonderful reminder to embrace those moments when they happen and strive to make every moment that joyful.  I guess I kind of see it this way: what we do lasts for the moment that we do it, but the feeling or lesson that we take from it can last our entire lives if we let it, so why not try and make all of them ones worth remembering?  Just food for thought!

Today's post is dedicated to my mom, because she makes it her life promise to try and live joy out each day and I admire her truly for that.