In this episode Ruth Borthistle, and Sharon Janz discuss the ways they are coping and finding joy in the midst of  COVID 19.

Quotes and sayings from this episode 

• Out of this, we have come to realize how we want to live. I want to have more joy - Sharon
• It’s going to take some new disciplines to navigate - Ruth
• I look at a different word every day and joy is one of the word projects that I have gone through. I have found that joy is a habit of choice. - Sharon
• A big part of joy is being grateful. What am I joyful for today? - Sharon
• I have to talk to myself some days - Ruth
• For me, it’s important to exercise every day rain or shine - Ruth
• I find the time flies when I listen to a podcast and biking. - Ruth
• Exercise is also a time for me to think, pray and meditate - Sharon
• I noticed in our local parks newsletter mentions walks and hobbies - Ruth
• I love the library - Ruth
• I’m thinking about getting an accordion to learn something new - Ruth
• Covid has given me more of an appreciation for friends and thinking of people and how I should connect with them. - Sharon
• We soak up every morsel of connection don’t we? - Ruth
• Living alone is so challenging for some of our friends and my heart goes out to them. - Ruth
• Laughter is an important ingredient of joy. - Ruth
• I created a daily chart for myself outlining the daily activities. Otherwise, I was going to be a drifter. I needed that accountability to myself and to others. It worked! - Ruth
• Accountability is vulnerability and honesty. - Sharon
• I think it’s so important these days to be walking with God. - Ruth
• God’s word has become a staple. - Sharon
• Our children and our friends are watching to see how we are coping. This is a time for some discipling. - Ruth
  

I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

~ George Bernard Shaw

James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 

• Everything that is happening in our lives is developing perseverance. - Sharon
• Go and have a great day. - Ruth
  

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