La simplicité et la sérénité!

Over the last few years, my husband and I have a found so much joy when we live and focus on the simple (not all little) things. I do mean joy and not happiness (yes, C.S. Lewis' definition of joy). Here are some things we have really noticed (no particular order) and wish to live out more and more and have become important to us in our lives and hopefully also with our children as they get older. *Quality is better than quantity (even chocolate) *Less, not more (clutter) *Be thankful in all things *Be kind to others, don't just think of doing or saying something nice *Eat less and eat healthy *Green tea is most often better than coffee (your body will "thank you", I can promise) *Sleep/Rest is essential *Pray more, talk less *Give more, take less *Sing out loud (not loudly, good lyrics & good music) *Walk/Stretch/Breathe *Smile & think positive *Trying new things and practicing the familiar...