Celebrate

Simple Ways To Make A Good Day

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor February 12, 2013

There are simple ways to make a good day. All of them can be based on perspective, or experience, or focus. The older I get, the more I hunger for moments to celebrate – for any ol’ reason. Or maybe it’s the understanding that when I decide to look for more goodness, there is clearly more to honor and grow.

One way I try to make my day better is by finding good things to read – good articles, good news, happy photos. I …

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Goodness

Why Do We Love Music?

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor November 27, 2012

Why do we love music? It has magical, boundless ability to filter out conflict and to heal. It has a way of building bridges and tearing down walls. It makes life better. It is tightly connected to feelings – and offers a way to grow love. Yep. I believe so.

It has been an integral part of my life, always – soothing, comforting, inspiring and blessing me. It may get me hyped up, feeling bouncy and happy. It might be the trigger to release deep …

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Love

A GOOD Movie To See!

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor September 4, 2012

If you want to see a good movie, see The Odd Life of Timothy Green. I sat with my hand over my heart on several occasions. It was as if my heart was so full of emotions that they may spill out everywhere, had I not held them firmly in!

This is not a laugh-out-loud, funny film (although there are several scenes that are truly funny). That’s not why you’d go. You’d go because you’d want to be enchanted with a movie that has …

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Good

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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Joy

I Finally Undecorated the Christmas Tree

by Vickey Pahnke Taylor January 16, 2012

I finally undecorated the Christmas tree. The tree, in all its natural, fake wonder, is still standing regally in the front room, but all its decorations are off and put away in containers. The Santa collection is packed up, and all the other holiday ‘stuff’ is out of the way. Yeehaw.

I love putting the tree up. It’s just the taking-it-down part that seems hard for me. One year I left it up so long that my daughter said we might as well switch out …

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