Joy

One of the best feelings in life is being truly happy for people you love. There's been so many people to be happy for lately. I love celebrating and sharing their joy. I genuinely enjoy being a part of other people's happiness...maybe more so than I enjoy making myself happy. I find contentment in knowing the people around me are experiencing all the good things life has to offer them. A lot of times, when other see the good in people close to me it almost makes me proud for them; proud they're getting what they deserve - which is to have true joy in their life. I am so thankful to have shared in small slivers of friends' happy days lately. There are lots of good people in the world; just look at the people I'm surrounded by. Thanks, God, for the bountiful gift of friendships for different seasons. I can look back in my life and see the beautiful fabric of friendships He has woven in my own life. Life is full of seasons and each season of friendships in my life has been exactly what was needed each time, whether it was visible then to me or not. I'm not too old (ha) but I'm finding that I'm enjoying the wisdom each year brings...and the fresh perspective.

(Anyone else feel that Steven Curtis Chapman song about friends "and a lifetime's not too long to live as friends." Thanks for that song memory, 90s Christian radio. hahaha)