Finding Joy in Your Corner

In this episode, Ruth Borthistle and Sharon Janz discuss the ways they are coping and finding joy in the midst of COVID 19. Quotes and sayings from this episode Out of this, we have come to realize how we want to live. I want to have more joy - Sharon It’s going to take some new disciplines to navigate - Ruth I look at a different word every day and joy is one of the word projects that I have gone through. I have found that joy is a habit of choice. - Sharon A big part of joy is being grateful. What am I joyful for today? - Sharon I have to talk to myself some days - Ruth For me, it’s important to exercise every day rain or shine - Ruth I find the time flies when I listen to a podcast and biking. - Ruth Exercise is also a time for me to think, pray, and meditate - Sharon I noticed in our local parks newsletter mentions walks and hobbies - Ruth I love the library - Ruth I’m thinking about getting an accordion to learn something new - Ruth Covid has given me more of an appreciation for friends and thinking of people and how I should connect with them. - Sharon We soak up every morsel of connection don’t we? - Ruth Living alone is so challenging for some of our friends and my heart goes out to them. - Ruth Laughter is an important ingredient of joy. - Ruth I created a daily chart for myself outlining the daily activities. Otherwise, I was going to be a drifter. I needed that accountability to myself and to others. It worked! - Ruth Accountability is vulnerability and honesty. - Sharon I think it’s so important these days to be walking with God. - Ruth God’s word has become a staple. - Sharon Our children and our friends are watching to see how we are coping. This is a time for some discipling. - Ruth I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. ~ George Bernard Shaw James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Everything that is happening in our lives is developing perseverance. - Sharon Go and have a great day. - Ruth