| Our Theme for 2007 - Live a Beautiful Life So how does that work? Especially in the life of someone like me? I have been thinking of some practical ways to live a beautiful life. The person we feature in this new column lives an extravagantly beautiful life. There is nothing wrong with that. But we can also live lives that aren't so opulent but equally beautiful - that is spelled out in an essay by Lucy Pritchett that accompanies the article. I too spent a few minutes thinking about the things that make my life beautiful. Below is the list I came up with in a few minutes. Perhaps if we share these kinds of things, we will be able to appreciate the smaller things. Eat cinnamon toast. Walk outside every day. Light a candle at dinner. Give away a bunch of clothes so it is easier to maneuver in my closet. Encourage someone in person and in email every day. Drink more chocolate milk (or hot chocolate on a cold day). Give my kids nightly backrubs (short but sweet). Turn off the TV. Go to the library or bookstore. Pray at the start and end of every day. Look at the Ohio River - it is really something. Call everyone out to look at the stars on clear nights (even if they grumble). Run out into the snow on the first snowfall no matter what time it is. Play a game without trying to beat someone. Shop with my mom. Have someone rub my feet. Beat my kids at HORSE (because I still can sometimes). Text message my husband during his meeting. Go crazy and host a Masquerade Ball. Pet an animal every day (I have several to choose from). Drop everything and hang with my friends one day. Marvel at the full moon. Greet people I don't know very well with a smile AND their name (let them figure out who I am). Be accountable to my group of friends. Have tea with Lucy. Have someone clean out my car. |
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| How I live a beautiful life Join us in celebrating how each of you live beautifully. Spending time with the generations in my family: my sisters, our children, and our grandchildren. — Helen Kendall My husband makes me laugh out loud (the kind that makes your belly hurt) every single day, we’ve been married for 29 years!! — Angie Combs Learn something new each day as well as help someone else learn something. Wake up each morning and be glad you did! — Cindy Oppel Life is beautiful when I look for the “positives” in life. (Every situation, however stressful, has some positives) — Sarah Going To see the smiles on my sons’ faces makes me smile. And I realize what a beautiful life I have. — Lisa Stark My husband, Peyton, makes my life beautiful by adding joy to each day! — Terri Hoge Spending quality time with my family and friends. — Sarah Young |
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| 1. Being a grandmother. There is absolutely nothing nothing more fun than being a grandmother. 2. Getting a whole body massage. 3. Watching birds feed at our bird feeder 4. Meeting each month with a group of 10 close friends. We go back 15 years or more. 5. Curling up in my favorite chair and reading a current novel. 6. Having lunch with friends I used to work with. 7. Seeing the world through the eyes of our 6-year old grandson when he visits us. 8. Reading to our grandson 9. Bed time routine for grandson includes "cuddling" in bed with him until he falls asleep 10. Flying to California to visit my sister and her family. -Harriet Langdon |