Take Time to Enjoy the Little Things
Good morning everyone. It's hard to believe that I have been blogging for over a year and a half. In that time, I have had a lot of people follow me. I appreciate each of you and pray that in some way, God will use me to be a blessing to you and bring you closer to Him.
As has been evident over the last few weeks, I have a lot of things that I enjoy. I love God, who has provided so many blessings in my life. I love my amazing family. My husband is my best friend, and I have 2 great kids. I love to read, but have actually spent more time in crafting pursuits since joining the blogging world. I love spending time in my crafty space making fun little projects.
So for all of you who have been following me for awhile, but not since the beginning, you may be wondering where in the world I came up with a name like DJ's Sundries. For the original post on this please click here- What's in a Name?.
Now over the past few weeks, I've been trying to come up with a catchy phrase. You know like "From my heart to yours" (K. Andrew), "Enjoy the Moments" (Megan Elizabeth)... etc. As I thought over the last few week's posts and thought about the name of my blog, I realized that it's been there all along. Have you noticed all the 'little things' I've been posting? Treat boxes, peach butter, etc? That's when it hit me. We need to learn to enjoy the little things that God has placed in our lives. A baby's first smile. An "I love you" text. A little note tucked in a lunch box. An unexpected candy bar or new pen. How about a Bible verse that sticks in your head and you just can't help but share.
But enjoying the little things actually implies more to me. Not only do I need to enjoy the little things, but I also need to share the little things to bring joy to others. So how about you? Do you enjoy the little things? Do you look for ways to please others with the little things?
I have decided to post a challenge that will continue through the rest of September. I want you to look for the little things to enjoy. Then I want you to bless someone else with the little things in life. So this is what I plan to do. I plan to send a special little thing to two of my followers. How will I choose? I will choose from one comment below (randomly of course) where you share a little thing you enjoy. I also want to know about 1 little thing that you share with others. I will send the second little thing to one commenter who shares this. You have until September 30, 11:59pm MST to leave your comments. In the meantime:
As has been evident over the last few weeks, I have a lot of things that I enjoy. I love God, who has provided so many blessings in my life. I love my amazing family. My husband is my best friend, and I have 2 great kids. I love to read, but have actually spent more time in crafting pursuits since joining the blogging world. I love spending time in my crafty space making fun little projects.
So for all of you who have been following me for awhile, but not since the beginning, you may be wondering where in the world I came up with a name like DJ's Sundries. For the original post on this please click here- What's in a Name?.
Now over the past few weeks, I've been trying to come up with a catchy phrase. You know like "From my heart to yours" (K. Andrew), "Enjoy the Moments" (Megan Elizabeth)... etc. As I thought over the last few week's posts and thought about the name of my blog, I realized that it's been there all along. Have you noticed all the 'little things' I've been posting? Treat boxes, peach butter, etc? That's when it hit me. We need to learn to enjoy the little things that God has placed in our lives. A baby's first smile. An "I love you" text. A little note tucked in a lunch box. An unexpected candy bar or new pen. How about a Bible verse that sticks in your head and you just can't help but share.
But enjoying the little things actually implies more to me. Not only do I need to enjoy the little things, but I also need to share the little things to bring joy to others. So how about you? Do you enjoy the little things? Do you look for ways to please others with the little things?
I have decided to post a challenge that will continue through the rest of September. I want you to look for the little things to enjoy. Then I want you to bless someone else with the little things in life. So this is what I plan to do. I plan to send a special little thing to two of my followers. How will I choose? I will choose from one comment below (randomly of course) where you share a little thing you enjoy. I also want to know about 1 little thing that you share with others. I will send the second little thing to one commenter who shares this. You have until September 30, 11:59pm MST to leave your comments. In the meantime:
Take some time to enjoy the little things today.
Comments
Making cards for OWH is a little thing I do but it can make a difference to one person.
Thanks for reminding us to
Enjoy the Little Things
You have blessed my life by joining me over on the the 3 Girl JAM Design Team. It has been an absolute joy getting to know you and to peek at your wonderful talent. A little thing I am thankful for recently, is the random text message that my DH sent me on Tuesday Just to say He loved me. He isn't a mushy or affectionate person, so this meant the world to me and brightened my day. I love doing little things to make others smile. One that comes to mind is last week while peeking around a Scrapbook Deals group on FB, I came upon a Rubber Stamp character named Drucilla. This struck me as it was a long time family shared story that this name was to be my older sister's middle name when she was born. Her dad wanted her to have His Mother's name and our Mother was against it. She compromised and was willing to give her the initial D. Well, the Hospital wouldn't allow just an initial. So her middle name became Dee. I purchased the stamp and had it mailed to my sister with a small note saying "Your Baby Sister loves You". She said she loved it and will keep it forever.
Now, I can't wait to pop over to find out the origin of DJ's Sundries...I did ask myself what the meaning behind the name was the first time I stopped in at your blog...
Hugs,
Jessica S
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The little thing that I enjoy is sitting down in the evening to discuss our day over a glass of wine with my dear husband. No matter how late it is or how frazzled we are, this decompression time is time well spent. I think it's what has kept our marriage alive for more than 33 years!
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