Several years ago when I was diagnosed with cancer the first time, I bought a purple bumper sticker with bright white letters that proclaimed "Don't Postpone Joy" and affixed it to the bumper sticker of my shiny red Kia. When I bought it and put it there, I was passionate about not postponing joy, about creating joy in my life and offering myself easy access to it.
However, as the months and years went by, I hardly even noticed the bumper sticker, and many things that bring me joy were moved to the bottom of my many to-do lists. Of course, I wasn't aware of this at the time; it just all kindof slipped through my fingers.
Now, 9 years later, I am re-evaluating this whole concept of not putting off those things, people, activities and experiences that bring me joy. I am meditating on this topic, and I am hoping and praying that this blog will keep me accountable to the many ways I am CHOOSING joy in my life.
You know how Oprah always knows something "for sure" at the end of every one of her magazine issues? Well this is what I, Anne Marie Bennett, know for sure: life is too short to put joy at the bottom of any of our lists. Joy should not even be ON a list. It should be as natural as breathing and loving. I will admit right now that Joy does not come quite that naturally to me, and that is okay. I am where I am and it is what it is. And it's all changing even as I write, because writing is one thing that brings me great JOY.
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