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Ode to Joy – Beautiful Music and Beautiful Children

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor November 9, 2012

I love beautiful music. I love beautiful children – of all ages. I’ve been blessed to have grown up in a house with parents who played musical instruments and sang. They were both in a movie [a musical] and my mom sang in a trio with her sisters when she was growing up. I’ve had the amazing opportunity to create music and to sing it.

Mostly, I appreciate being able to hear it. To feel it. To be moved by it.

I see what it …

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I’ve Made A Mess of Things

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor October 2, 2012

Oh, the times I’ve made a mess of things! Foot in mouth disease -bad. Overwrought. Overwhelmed. Taking a molehill incident and creating a mountain. Going to Worst Case Scenario. Ugghhh. It’s a ridiculous way to live. [the photo is from theberry.com, but I've had lots of moments like this- outwardly and inwardly -in my life.]

Finally, I began to see the forest instead of only the trees. It made things a lot simpler. And life, for the most part, happier.

Mostly, the increased joy factor …

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I Love God

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor October 1, 2012

Just a little thought for today I wanted to share, because I love God:

I’m so grateful for my Heavenly Father. I really don’t think I could make it through this ups-and-downs life without my faith in Him, and in His Son. I love knowing He is there when the storms roll in, and it’s scary or hard. I love knowing He’s watching when my life is full tilt Fabulous-ness. And that He joys in my joy.

Everything – all of the stuff of life …

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Simple 1, 2, 3′s For a More Joyful Day

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor September 18, 2012

Some days don’t feel joyful. And they don’t feel simple. But here is a plan with simple 1, 2, 3′s to, on many occasions, build a more joyful day.

They’re not hard to do. [Which is a nice little extra.] They require attitude adjustment, some carry-through of action, or both. But not in exhausting ways. One is, actually, really fun!

They’re freeing. And who doesn’t want a little more freedom? At least, from tiresome, heavy, bothersome issues?

Here are today’s 1, 2, 3′s:

1. Throw …

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If I Could Sing All Day – Joy!

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor May 22, 2012

If I could sing all day long, I’d do it – with joy. Music is mysteriously wonderful for its ability to move people when words, expressions, pictures, may not. Some days I’d like to sing – all day – about my faith in Christ, songs I sang to my children when they were little, or hymns that were my mom and dad’s favorites. I’d try to reach somebody’s heart and bring a little bit of healing. Or share their pain. Or lift them up.…

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