Frangipanis

Saturday, 30 January 2021

Frangipanis

I love Frangipanis. Frangipanis bring me Joy.

Frangipanis are defined as “a tropical American tree or shrub with clusters of fragrant white, pink or yellow flowers.”

I love seeing Frangipanis, so perfect growing on their beautiful trees. I love the yellow Frangipanis. I love the pink Frangipanis.

I love the fragrance of Frangipanis, bringing Joy to me.

I love when we lovingly look at the Frangipanis that have fallen on the ground and we collect them and bring them home and put them in a bowl of water.

I love taking photos of Frangipanis. I love portrait mode on my phone camera, capturing the Frangipanis in focus and blurring the background.

I love the memory of my friend having a Frangipanis bouquet for her wedding. I love the memory of my friend’s wedding. I love the memory of my friends who I don’t see now since they live faraway.

I wish we had Frangipanis growing in our yard yet I am delighted and filled with Joy when I walk around the neighbourhood and see Frangipanis. Such beauty - such beauty that brings me Joy.

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I Choose Joy

Today is Mother’s Day 2020 - I love being a Mum and I love celebrating special occasions with my beautiful family - I am blessed.

As a Mum there is so much to do and so much to get done. As a Mum I am on a Mission to be the best Mum I can be - this is what is most important to me. I do love the word Mission, defined as “an important goal or purpose that is accompanied by strong conviction”.

Today I am setting a simple Mission for the year ahead - to be Joyful or Joy Filled.

I love the word Joyful, defined as “experiencing, causing or showing Joy”. I also love the idea of Joy Filled - where the word Fill means “to make, to become full, to use empty space”, and Joy means “delight, pleasure, happiness” and to be filled with Joy means “to be extremely happy, content, to be delighted”.

I love when you feel Joy - it is felt in the heart - it lights you up and warms your heart and creates an imprint in our memory.

I will be actively choosing and pursuing Joy, and deliberating creating Joy to colour our days and nights.

I am making a commitment to write 100 posts over the next one year, two per week, as an opportunity to record my thoughts, insights, discoveries. This is my journey and I write these posts to be the best Mum I can be - it is not intended to give advice - it is my brave process and adventure, and this Blog is about keeping me accountable too.

I am actively going to pursue Joy Starters and be conscious of, and proactive with, the Joy Robbers. And I want to teach my children the importance of Joy too. I really want my children to be happy and Joyful, where each night as we go to sleep we are at peace.

I am hoping that when I reach Mother’s Day 2021, I will look back on the year and really feel that it was Joyful, and that in this process I learn new tips and tricks for my life.