Jar of Joy

At a New Years party a friend gave us an empty jar as a gift for our family. She encouraged us to write things down on slips of paper to help us remember the good things that happen throughout the year. My jar is currently sitting empty at the table by the door. I keep looking at it...

So now I'm going to sit a pad of paper and pen beside of it to help us commit to writing more things down.  

I want to encourage the kids to use it too: to write down good things that happen, special moments they don't want to forget, prayers that are answered, or things that simply make them smile. Because don't we all tend to forget to find the joy somedays. Even among the most chaotic days, we should choose to find some joy. Because it's there...somewhere...always...even in what seem very small ways. I look forward to sitting down at the end of the year and looking through our jar of joy to see what has transpired.  :) thankful to my friend for encouraging us to find and remember 

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