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By Victoria Price, Inspirational Speaker & Author
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CREATING A DAILY PRACTICE OF JOY

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One Hydrangea at a Time

July 22, 2018

Last week, my friend Karen was looking at my Instagram feed and asked, "What's with all the flowers?"

What IS with all the flowers? I found myself wondering. Surely there are other things that will strike my eye, I thought.

So, for the past seven days, every morning and evening as I walked, I found myself looking for other things to photograph. But all I ended up taking pictures of were flowers.

I had to ask myself why.

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Lessons from My Father: Pay Attention. Be Astonished. Tell About It.

June 17, 2018

When we are little kids, we are drawn to grownups who haven’t lost their capacity for childlike wonder and enthusiasm. That enthusiasm and our desire to connect with it means that what we learn most easily is what our parents are most enthusiastic about — be it fly fishing or football, baking or Broadway shows. Those things we learned from that place of easy joy are the things we will always hold closest to our hearts.

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“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give into it. . . whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.”   - Mary Oliver