In honor of keep­ing Sunday sim­ple and rest­ful, I am replac­ing “Stuff of the Week” with “Quote of the Week.”  Much love to every­one! Enjoy the day!

“We should all work like dogs all the time: we should do what comes most nat­u­rally, reflex­ively, effort­lessly.” — Martha Beck

Quote of the Week:

• “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West

Question of the Week:

• What are you wait­ing for?

Cool Fact of the Week:

• Your nose can remem­ber 50,000 dif­fer­ent scents!

Treat of the Week:

• Honey gelato from Splendora’s

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In honor of a very spe­cial free­bie that’s com­ing your way on Saturday, I hereby declare this as Food Week here at Being Joy. (Stayed tuned for more about the free­bie.) Enjoy a week full of reflec­tions and insights on all things food-related. Mmmmm…

Quote of the Week:

• “The spirit can­not endure the body when overfed, but, if under­fed, the body can­not endure the spirit.” ~ St. Francis de Sales

Desktop Background of the Week:

• Cranky Cupcake from Smashing Magazine

Cookbook of the Week:

• Mexican Everyday — Rick Bayless

Book of the Week:

• In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto — Michael Pollan

“Life may indeed be short, but it is, for a fact, wide. It is high time we started set­tling for more.” — Jill Conner Browne, The Sweet Potato Queens’ Book of Love

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Happy Easter! Today is a day of res­ur­rec­tion. I hope you will take some time to reflect on what that means to you.

Quote of the Week:

• “If we dis­cover a desire within us that noth­ing in this world can sat­isfy, also we should begin to won­der if per­haps we were cre­ated for another world.” — C.S. Lewis Read more

Quote of the Week:

• “… grief in itself is not a trap. Believing that you can never tran­scend it is.” — Dan Baker

Feeling of the Week:

• Receptive — able or will­ing to receive; willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas

Food Combination of the Week:

• Arugula + Avocado

Book of the Week:

• Cold Tangerines by Shauna Niequist

Stuff of the Week has moved to Sunday!  Enjoy!

Quote of the Week:

• “Your pain is the break­ing of the shell that encloses your under­stand­ing.” — Kahlil Gibran

Desktop Wallpaper of the Week:

• Bubbles from Simple Desktops

Affirmation of the week:

• I have all the time I need for every­thing I love.

Book of the Week:

• Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott[amazon-product]0385496095[/amazon-product]

Happy Monday, My Fabulous Readers!

Quote of the Week:

• “If you have a body, you are enti­tled to the full range of feel­ings.  It comes with the pack­age.”  - Anne Lamott

Recipe of the Week:

• Thin and Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Freakishly Cute Animal Picture of the Week:

• Baby Piggies

Book of the Week:

• The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg

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QUACK!  QUACK!  Monday is here again!

(That means it’s time for your weekly dose of joy-inspiring STUFF!)

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Hello, my beau­ties!  From now on, I will do Stuff of the Week on Mondays.  The cat­e­gories will change slightly each time, so it’s kind of like a grab bag of hap­pi­ness every Monday!  Feel free to rec­om­mend a cat­e­gory or a spe­cific item.   Read more