Purposeful Living
After reading an article on purposeful living a couple of tips suggested that it was important to choose to be happy. Keeping a positive attitude is a daily choice. It means adjusting your expectations to be reasonable and keeping a sunny disposition. Sure, bad things happen to good people as they say, but we can choose how we will respond to bad things. This time last year I was given the worst news about my health that I have ever had. But as God’s child I barely gave it a thought of “what if “etc. I knew God was in His heaven and He would see me through. He is sovereign over everything that happens and nothing takes Him by surprise. So trusting Him in all things is the path to happiness, even in trial!
Another thing to have a happy life is to make some time to do what is important to you. For me, I love to draw. I used to have my students during their handwriting session, copy a short poem I wrote on the board and then I drew a fun picture to illustrate it and asked them to copy it on their handwriting paper. When I retired I started a bird nature journal, copying the various birds I saw in our yard. Just this summer while I was in Scotland, I kept a photo journal of each day. I bought a sketch pad at 5 Below.. really nice for $5. Sometimes I sat in the window of our Airbnb and sketched the view.. then I’d color it with colored pencils. It was not only so relaxing but now I have the most amazing way to look back and enjoy the memories we shared each day. This truly makes me happy.
Definitely a beginner, nothing special, but it means a lot to me!
To facilitate my hobby, I bought a small knapsack, filled it with pencils, erasers, colored pencils, fine line pens, and a small pencil sharpener. It is large enough for my sketchbook and I have loads of paper left so whenever I have some time to kill in a waiting room or whatever, I can take it out and sketch whatever I see.
If sketching is something you might like I highly recommend the sketch Skool YouTube channel. There are scads of very cool vlogs that will completely inspire you. I even signed up for Danny’s daily Essays on drawing. It is, after all, something important to me.. not only that, but it is growing me, making much more observant in life, and kick starting my memory. I have brain fog from my last covid booster! But now I have this tool which will facilitate me to remember the days of my life!
God bless you in living more purposefully!
If you are interested in sketching these two really get you started!
