2010 May 22 | The Joyful Springer

Cushion Yourself

Posted May 22, 2010 By Ande and has 1 comment.

Novelist Booth Tarkington wrote,“Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.” Good advice, but you don’t have to wait until old age to enjoy that cushion.

Joyful Springer cushion themselves with memories of happy times. They don’t go back and dig up the bad stuff. They play with the good stuff over and over.

The joyful moments of your past can become a comforting base from which to create a happy present. Hold your good memories close, and let the rest go.

… another wise tidbit from a joyful English Springer Spaniel.

[Ben is back. In this photo, Ben, Sophie's half-brother, was sacking out to catch up on sleep after spending a few days on the farm with his grandparents in the UK. Thanks, Ben, for guest starring again on The Joyful Springer.]

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Fill Your Bowl

By Ande and has 2 comments.

Philosopher/writer Henry T. Hamblin wrote, “The abundance of God is like a mighty ocean, so vast you cannot possibly exhaust it or cause a shortage for others. You can go to this inexhaustible ocean with only a small cup and bring away only that small cup of bounty and blessing. Or, if you have faith enough, you can take a bucket and bring away a bucketful. It makes no difference to the ocean. Nor does it matter how often you go. Abundance is always there.”

Joyful Springers fill their bowls … over and over again. They take their bowls to the ocean as often as necessary to enjoy the abundance they want.

You don’t have to settle for cupfuls, and you don’t have to hoard what you have. You can dip into abundance whenever you want.

Henry T. Hamblin

… another wise tidbit from a joyful English Springer Spaniel.

[Muggins was about 10 weeks old in this picture. She found her water bowl empty, picked it up, brought it to me, dropped it in front of me, and planted her foot in it. "Fill it," was her clear message.]