5 Things That Bring Joy

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Family brings joy. Even with craziness, arguments, loudness, and sometimes hurt feelings, there is nothing like family to bring out the best in life.

Faith brings joy. Because even when life is a little touch-and-go, God has my back. All I have to do is spend some quiet time in prayer and meditation to bring me back centered.

Nature brings me joy. Walking through a pine forest smelling the sweet aroma of wood and earth. Watching wildlife in their natural environment. Or just calmly sitting with the sun rays flowing through me. Last week I saw a beautiful rainbow.

Snuggling with a precious baby. This is particularly effective when I’m anxious. A baby cuddling its head in the crook of my neck soothes away anxiety and all becomes right with the world.

Dancing and singing like nobody is watching brings great happiness and lots of laughs.

So many things bring me joy and many things bring me back to joy!

Published by lisanordlund1

In 2015, I retired and set out to do as much traveling as I could. I started the blog on our first, month-long trip to Panama in October 2015. My sister Linda and her husband Stan joined Bruce and me on our first trip and we decided together on the name the four amigos. Since then, we don’t always travel with them, sometimes just Bruce and I, sometimes other people, whoever wants to join us on our crazy journeys. The name stuck and I grew an affinity for it. So here we are. I invite you to join the fouramigos blog on our next destination.

2 thoughts on “5 Things That Bring Joy”

  2. I always enjoy reading your posts and traveling vicariously with you. I’ve nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award. The details are at somanydishes.blog/2026/04/11/the-sunshine-blogger-award/

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