by Joy Dunlap | Nov 21, 2018 | Thankful, Tips for Living a Full Life
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Is it that we don’t say “Thank You” enough or has “Thanks” become so routine that it sometimes lacks sincerity? As we encounter people during the day, odds are we say “Thanks” numerous times – when we get food, when we check out at a...
by Joy Dunlap | Nov 9, 2018 | Lessons along Life's Journey, Strength
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com As a child, the massive redwood trees in California captivated me when my family visited there. That same summer, “It’s a Small World” and the Lighted Parade at Disneyland made a lasting impression. How fortunate my brother and I...
by Joy Dunlap | Oct 15, 2018 | Fulfillment, Lessons along Life's Journey, Purpose
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com In the Old Testament, people were encouraged not to harvest the edges of the field but instead to leave that for the poor and the foreigner or traveler.* Our lives, and the harvest in them, can be of higher quality when we follow...
by Joy Dunlap | Oct 1, 2018 | Joy, Lessons along Life's Journey, Love, Purpose, Uncategorized
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com The memory of picking blackberries with my mom and dad is as fresh and sweet in my mind as that plump, juicy fruit was in my mouth. I grew up in a time when we actually carved faces into pumpkins and stuck a lit candle in them to...
by Joy Dunlap | Sep 16, 2018 | Fulfillment, Strength, Tips for Living a Full Life
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Long lines formed at gas stations and grocery stores as people tried to fill up their gas tanks and pantries before Hurricane Florence hit. Car after car pulled up to the pumps, many with nearly empty gas tanks, and cart after cart,...
