Comments on: Cheerfulness http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Dana G. http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/#comment-33 Dana G. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:51:28 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/#comment-33 A wise mom I know tells her 3-yr. old: "Choose to be happy!" A wise mom I know tells her 3-yr. old: “Choose to be happy!”

]]> By: Valerie (Kyriosity) http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/#comment-16 Valerie (Kyriosity) Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:24:26 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/#comment-16 I distinctly remember the moment I came to understand that cheerfulness is a choice...that we actually are able to choose to be happy. I was having dinner with friends -- a pastor and his wife -- in 2000. They were catching up on their day, and he mentioned that their son had been moping about the house and he'd told him he'd better cheer up, or else. It was suddenly crystal clear that all my years of Eeyore tendencies were just plain old sin. But better to have learned at 32 than never to have learned at all. And even better to still be learning to put that theory into practice. Thanks for another nudge along the path. I distinctly remember the moment I came to understand that cheerfulness is a choice…that we actually are able to choose to be happy. I was having dinner with friends — a pastor and his wife — in 2000. They were catching up on their day, and he mentioned that their son had been moping about the house and he’d told him he’d better cheer up, or else. It was suddenly crystal clear that all my years of Eeyore tendencies were just plain old sin. But better to have learned at 32 than never to have learned at all. And even better to still be learning to put that theory into practice. Thanks for another nudge along the path.

]]> By: Luma Simms http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/#comment-5 Luma Simms Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:05:21 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/#comment-5 Wow! Do you have to start with the punches straight out of the gate? :-) I have been grumbling and complaining much lately. Your words are good for my soul. Thank you for spurring me on to fight this ugly monster. If you get a chance maybe you can address temperance. How do you get a "gentle and quiet" cheerfulness? How do you show cheerfulness without bouncing off the walls hyperness? Am I making sense? What happens when you're working on a gentle and quiet spirit and someone asks you if there's something wrong because you're not exhibiting your usual hyper self? AHHH! I miss you!!! Wow! Do you have to start with the punches straight out of the gate? :-)

I have been grumbling and complaining much lately. Your words are good for my soul. Thank you for spurring me on to fight this ugly monster.

If you get a chance maybe you can address temperance. How do you get a “gentle and quiet” cheerfulness? How do you show cheerfulness without bouncing off the walls hyperness? Am I making sense?

What happens when you’re working on a gentle and quiet spirit and someone asks you if there’s something wrong because you’re not exhibiting your usual hyper self? AHHH!

I miss you!!!

]]> By: Angie http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/#comment-3 Angie Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:20:51 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/04/07/cheerfulness/#comment-3 Jim Jordan once said something to the effect of, "It's not who I am inside, but what I do that defines who I am." It's more important to go about our lives with a manner of thanksgiving and joy than to spend too much time worrying about whether we're really feeling them. Glad to see you've joined the blogging world, Mrs. Wilson! Jim Jordan once said something to the effect of, “It’s not who I am inside, but what I do that defines who I am.”

It’s more important to go about our lives with a manner of thanksgiving and joy than to spend too much time worrying about whether we’re really feeling them.

Glad to see you’ve joined the blogging world, Mrs. Wilson!

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