Children. The children of now are our future. If children are our future what kind of future do we hope to have? As parents what are we parenting? As teachers what are we teaching? As society what are we providing as an example? Do we want more of the same? Can we envision something better?…
Category Archives: Amie’s Joyful Journal
Happy New Year Resolutions
Tomorrow begins a new year. This is a time for looking back at the past and looking forward to the coming year. This is a time for feeling gratitude for where your life is and setting goals for where you want your life to go. For many this is a time of sadness in seeing…
Change for good
Some people fear change. They try to avoid it at all cost. Me, well, I’m used to change. I moved to a new house, school, and sometimes state almost every year of my childhood. I kept up the trend into my adulthood. I’ll change the furniture around just to have something be different. But if…
Friendship good for health and other good news
What’s better than a night with friends? Get together with a good friend and laughter is sure to abound. I’ve had several nights when I’ve gone home with hurt stomach muscles from all the laughing my friends and I did. One friend — whom I’ve known for more than 20 years now — has always…
Lost and Found
It happens every day, doesn’t it? Losing things. Car keys, cell phones, sunglasses. Usually things are found again rather quickly. As soon as we remember the unusual location we set it down, we find them and go on with our day. Some things get more lost than that. A friend of mine chants a prayer…
Fiji Friendly
It’s coming up on three weeks in Fiji. I ask myself, how much more lucky could I be? But if you look around at the Fijian people, you quickly get an answer. They have so little. And yet they are so happy. I’ve heard a story contrasting a wealthy business man who made four million…
The Golden Rule
This is an excerpt from my blog this week — There is a lesson almost everyone learns in one way or another. It’s a simple rule really. One my son got a lesson in just the other day. The golden rule. Now I’m sure you all know it but it bears repeating any way. “Do…
What makes a hero?
A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities, says the dictionary. Heros can be made by accomplishing small deeds or grand deeds. Who do you consider a hero? I teased my now husband that he was my hero after tending to a burn on my leg…
Kindness Surrounds Us
Another devastating earthquake. It kind of makes you wonder, what is this world coming to? Is something, somebody trying to tell us something? And that, I think, makes it all the more important to focus on the good that is out there. There is kindness in people all around us, all over the world. I…
Amie’s Joyful Journal
Hi there. How about first I do a little introduction? I graduated with a major in journalism way back when (1995 but I don’t feel nearly that old). I entered the field as an aspiring investigative journalist ready to write exposés to make the world a better place. I came out feeling more cynical and…
