I’m multi-tasking
I’m typing and I’m breathing
You can do it, too
Concentration is
Overrated, don’t you think
You can split your time
Prove that you’re clever
Say, you can walk and chew gum
All at the same time
…
Spread your joy with smiles
How’s happy multi-tasking
Raising your spirits?
Be a multi-tasking champ!
Thanks for visiting JanBeek
Share a smile …
See ya tomorrow
Bee ye reassured
God’s surely with you today
He won’t desert you
And you have a host
Of others who are with you
On each of life’s steps
So, be reassured
By the love of all your friends
Who are there for you
Thank your friends for their
Calls and their conversations
About their blessings
It reassures you
To know you are not alone
In your solitude
Capitalize it!
Make that you into a “You.”
Trust in our Savior
You are not alone
Be reassured that your prayers
Are heard and answered
Yes, be reassured
That God hears your heart’s yearnings.
You’re heard; God responds.
God hears you in prayer
So, embrace reassurance
Know that God is there
Tell me what reassures you when you need it.
See ya tomorrow.
I think I’m crazy
This doesn’t make me happy
It makes me dizzy
Twinkle in your eye
Smile on your cheerful face
And a purpose in your heart
That makes me happy!
Kind, respectful words
Healthy, functioning body
And a carefree soul
Those make me happy!
A pup by my side
Overflowing love to give
Sweet innocent child
Those are sources of happiness!
Reciprocal love
Interesting conversations
And faithful friendships
Those Guarantee Happiness!
Sound of running stream
Fresh air and clear blue skylines
Time to meditate
Trouble-free Happiness!
A rushing river
With fish jumping on my line
And pristine red barns
Ah, THIS is Happiness!
Weekends with friends
and an outdoor church service to look forward to…
Those bring me great joy.
Share some of the things that trigger your happiness.
We’d all like to hear!
Have a good Friday night and Saturday.
See ya tomorrow.
Love, JanBeek
The wonderful video above was posted on Facebook – – – and should be viewed around the world (It says it can’t be previewed while I have it scheduled to be posted… but I hope when it actually posts, you can see this). Let’s help it go viral… and work to make it come true!
Another take on when this whole Coronavirus mess began was posted with this quote from CS Lewis “Screwtape Letters” today:
It doesn’t really help to blame Satan or China or Trump or any other place or person for this virus. We know it was not man-made… and blaming won’t make the world a better place. Only love and compassion can do that!
It will take each of us individually
working for a brighter tomorrow …
and each of us acting in concert with others
to create the world we all want to see.
Let’s stand hand in hand!
Hand in hand…
Keep dreaming and working for
a brighter, more compassionate world.
What’s one thing you can do to help?
Make this a Happy Cinco de Mayo
with something positive you do today
to bring a smile to a friend.
What will it be?
You can bring a smile to my face
by sharing your ideas for
how you celebrate the 5th of May today …
and what you’ll do for a brighter tomorrow
in the comments section below.
See you later.
Hugs from JanBeek
All the same stardust –
Part of this vast Pale Blue Dot.
Must work together.
Nationalism
Must give way to unity;
We’re all one people!
Embrace uniqueness
While celebrating sameness.
Live in harmony.
Only when we know
The importance of Oneness
Will we heal our earth.
You’re my bro or sis;
I am your sister-in-love.
So, let’s get along!
Let’s cooperate
With God who wants only good.
We’re all One People!
I want to show you
How much I love our Oneness.
What can I do – huh?
We’re in this salad,
Each adding our own color –
Creating beauty.
It would be boring
If we were all just the same.
Thanks for being YOU!
They’re universal:
Kindness and a Happy Smile –
So just smile and love!
I just love your smile.
I love your uniqueness, too.
Smile – and spread love!
Coronavirus
Can’t keep us from spreading smiles.
They’re MORE contagious!
Let’s see a warm smile –
It will warm your heart and mine.
It reflects kindness.
Kindness is in you.
This is SO worth repeating –
Let your kindness out!
Like the morning sun,
Kindness can hide behind clouds.
The Son overcomes!
Look for openings
Where God’s Light can shine through you.
Kindness is SON RISE!
Happy SONday!
SMILE!!
I remembered SPRING UP
and turned my clocks ahead an hour.
Did you?
See ya later.
Does temptation lift
Its ugly head around you?
Cookies and parties?
Do you look at fun
As life’s diversion from Christ?
That’s not His intent!
Christianity
Is built sure on nothing less
Than Christ’s love and joy
He intends for us
To experience His FUN
In the Spirit’s fruit:
Galatians 5:22-23
“When the Holy Spirit
controls our lives,
he will produce this kind
of fruit in us,
love, JOY, peace.
patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, and self-control.
Yesterday I went
To a FUN cookie exchange
Temptation abounds!
In his book,
Daily Inspirations for the Purpose Driven Life,
Rick Warren wrote,
“God uses the opposite situation of each fruit to allow us a choice.
Integrity is built by defeating the temptation…”
When I learn, “No Thanks,”
I grow (through the temptation)
In spirit, not pounds!
Good luck with the fruit of self-control today!
See ya later!
I’m feeling tired
Pretending to be normal
Can be exhausting
You know it’s more fun
To let your quirkiness show
And lots less tiring!
How weird can you be
And still be considered sane?
Who needs sanity?
May your smile be wide
Normal is overrated
Let craziness reign
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done?
Some folks thought the craziest thing I did was to quit my teaching job mid-year and marry a guy I hadn’t even seen in six months and take off for Germany with him. They said it wouldn’t last. That was nearly 58 years ago!
Can you recall a time when you did something that made others say, “You’re crazy?” How did it work out?
See ya tomorrow.
Who hears your sorrow
When it’s hidden in your heart?
Only those who care
Be the one who cares
Listen closely with your heart
Practice love each day
Be that very one
Who hears the hidden sorrow
And reaches to love
Have a Blessed Saturday.
See ya later.
Visible Beauty
My friend, Gloria, and her husband Bob Wilson, are in Hawaii right now. I may not have had a beautiful sunset last night here in gray, cold Montana, nor a gorgeous sunrise this morning, but the Wilsons did. Thanks to the internet, their generosity, answered prayer, and miraculous cancer treatments, I could enjoy these scenes with them.
The Physical Beauty of Health
So, as I thank God for another visually beautiful day, I also Thank the Lord for the beauty of health. Gloria is experiencing miraculous cancer treatments (it was in her lungs and brain and lymph system). The amazing treatments have given back her life and her ability to travel and enjoy such beautiful scenes as these.
Praying for Others’ Beautiful Day
Do you have friends/family who have “Beat the Big C” or are in the process now of treatments? My cousin, Cliff, has scheduled surgery for esophageal cancer this week… and Bob’s sister, Bonnie, is seeing the doctor today about continued radiation and chemo related to breast cancer.
Thanks to our many medical advances, the “Big C” does not have to mean a death sentence these days. My husband, Bob, is an 12 year survivor of prostate cancer. He had it frozen. There are so many options for people who are diagnosed with the disease these days. We can pray and ask God for His mercy and healing, but God also expects us to do our part by becoming educated.
Educating Ourselves
After Bob’s diagnosis, we called another cousin of mine who is the “Prostate Cancer Survivor Poster Child” and we asked for his advice. He sent us to YANA.org (at that time it was a website called “You Are Not Alone” where men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer could go to learn about other men’s journey toward wellness). Now, trying to Google it, I discovered lots of YANA sites… but not the one Bob spent days where he read histories of others and learned about their treatment options, choices, and successes. There are so many places to go to get ideas. You don’t have to take the first idea the oncologist throws out at you! Be your own best advocate!
See ya later.
Hugs to You !!
Inspire to Love
Let the SonShine!
You inspire me to respond
Learning to Live; Living to Learn; Learning to Love; Living in Love
