tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post1335130311730517526..comments2024-03-18T13:18:15.743-07:00Comments on Joyce Wycoff: Inching into wonderland: Love Letters to My Life #38: Choosing Gratitude ResilienceJoyce Wycoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-75471059791932707172021-08-24T07:08:35.193-07:002021-08-24T07:08:35.193-07:00Some gifts are much harder to find and accept! Enj...Some gifts are much harder to find and accept! Enjoy your blue feather ...Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-49118848188865642572021-08-23T21:47:39.857-07:002021-08-23T21:47:39.857-07:00I identify with everything in your essay, though I...I identify with everything in your essay, though I find it hard to think everything is a gift. I am pulling out everything I have on resilience and gratitude and reading this is a gift and an encouragement. And just days ago I found a blue jay feather while playing with a dog friend. Thank you, Joyce.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111883993388585372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-51811869198769059492021-08-18T20:03:59.768-07:002021-08-18T20:03:59.768-07:00Thanks! Your world experience and natural empathy ...Thanks! Your world experience and natural empathy has created deep wisdom to be shared. Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-89515368939082762232021-08-18T20:02:30.546-07:002021-08-18T20:02:30.546-07:00Thank you, Becky ... delighted to share the blue f...Thank you, Becky ... delighted to share the blue feather with you.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-90255644927083726962021-08-18T20:02:00.419-07:002021-08-18T20:02:00.419-07:00Thanks, Louise ... finding the gift in hard times ...Thanks, Louise ... finding the gift in hard times is almost always a challenge and I know you've worked hard to find some really tough ones.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-61114655631797071162021-08-18T19:59:47.939-07:002021-08-18T19:59:47.939-07:00Thank you so much, Wendy! I am so grateful to have...Thank you so much, Wendy! I am so grateful to have been given the time to learn to notice things. It's like a light was turned on and all things became sparkly. ;-)<br />Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-32591498515610555922021-08-18T13:40:22.292-07:002021-08-18T13:40:22.292-07:00Before I understood about the birds and the bees, ...Before I understood about the birds and the bees, I thought God just put babies on a conveyer belt and they were dropped down from heaven to their parents. Somehow this disparity came to me when I was around 10 and we had moved down south and there was a dirt poor black family across the street. When I lived in Beirut I saw Syrian refugees and heard their gut wrenching stories. The same with worldbeginningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987261918737465166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-50016336025455370002021-08-18T12:06:17.249-07:002021-08-18T12:06:17.249-07:00Beautiful text, lovely images, stunning blue feath...Beautiful text, lovely images, stunning blue feather. I bow to you in gratitude.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13612059461438127270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-66925517984012234902021-08-18T10:47:47.069-07:002021-08-18T10:47:47.069-07:00What a tender and inspiring post Joyce. I love th...What a tender and inspiring post Joyce. I love that maxim and do my best to live by it continually, "Everything is a gift."<br />Some days it's harder to experience the gift in everything than others, but, as you so eloquently state, when I practice gratitude, seeing, feeling, knowing the gift in everything becomes effortless. <br />Thank you for the gift of your words and images Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509618966426341576.post-63524076763072411652021-08-17T14:17:59.642-07:002021-08-17T14:17:59.642-07:00Dear Joyce: This is an absolutely brilliant commen...Dear Joyce: This is an absolutely brilliant commentary! The textures you give to both words and natural objects set a rich stage for resilience. I have often said to kids that if you think like an artist, you are really lucky. As an artist you see and notice things that others just pass by: a color, a feather, the cast of shadow on a rock. The richness of gratitude protects and gives our lives Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746588388774726858noreply@blogger.com