{"id":941,"date":"2009-12-04T15:17:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T19:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=941"},"modified":"2009-12-04T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T19:17:17","slug":"choosing-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=941","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Joy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Larnelle Harris had a song some years ago entitled , &#8220;I Choose Joy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It had a really cute video that went with it, where he goes through his day, is hijacked, forced to run from the police and ends up in a car wreck and manages to smile (and sing) through this whole ordeal!&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>My life hasn&#8217;t been that bad- but sometimes I feel like I&#8217;m being hijacked and forced to go and do things I don&#8217;t want to- and I very rarely smile or sing my way through the episode.&nbsp; Mostly I grumble,&nbsp; sometimes I shout ( and not for joy, either).&nbsp; But I&#8217;ve decided I&#8217;m GOING to CHOOSE Joy even if it kills me.<\/p>\n<p>Today I took some pictures of small joys in my day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-0011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"December moon 001\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-001_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like farm fresh brown eggs&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-0021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"December moon 002\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-002_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Christmas beverage napkins&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-0041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"December moon 004\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-004_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>An orange Rex Begonia given me by a friend&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"December moon 005\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-005_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An orange mirrored ball that hangs on my deck<\/p>\n<p>and reflects the sunshine into my kitchen&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-0081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"244\" alt=\"December moon 008\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-008_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"184\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Wind chimes that sound like tinkling water&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"244\" alt=\"December moon 012\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/December-moon-012_thumb.jpg\" width=\"184\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And my sister who came over for toast, marmalade and tea!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Larnelle Harris had a song some years ago entitled , &#8220;I Choose Joy&#8221;. 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