#quietjoys — Public Fediverse posts

Ah, the uplifting joy in the laughter punctuating cookie baking, tree decorating, and festive dinners, and the lyrical lilt of carols and the sweet voices in children’s pageants. But the moments of quiet joy are also precious: a hug or email or shared cup of coffee with a friend who is grieving, receiving a card or text from an old friend, or watching the snow fall or the sun rise over the icy horizon. The joy of the Christ Child meets us where we are, in the blue Christmases as well as those more merry and bright.

#joy #Advent #ThirdSundayOfAdvent #Christmas #SilentSunday #lightstruck #winter #birds #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #lightstruck #SimpleThings #QuietJoys

“In the bleak mid-winter / Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter / Long ago.
~ Christina Rossetti

#poetry #carols #Christmas #yuletide #winter #snow #sunrise #nature #SolaceInNature #SimpleThings #QuietJoys

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” ~ Martin’s Luther King, Jr.

#MLK #SocialJustice #DelightOverDarkness #lightstruck #QuietJoys #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

“I say there is no darkness but ignorance.” ~ William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

#SilentSunday #ShakespeareSunday
#lightstruck #sunset #DelightOverDarkness #reflections #silhouette #hope #democracy #SimpleThings #QuietJoys #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature

“𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗇, 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋’𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾; 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗏𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝖺𝗃𝖺𝗋.” ~ 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗍 𝖠𝗍𝗐𝗈𝗈𝖽 (𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵.)

#solstice #WinterSolstice #holidays #Christmas #InTheBleakMidwinter #sunrise #lightstruck #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #snow #SimpleThings #QuietJoys #DelightOverDarkness

“𝘐𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝘭𝑒𝘢𝑘 𝑚𝘪𝑑𝘸𝑖𝘯𝑡𝘦𝑟, 𝘧𝑟𝘰𝑠𝘵𝑦 𝑤𝘪𝑛𝘥 𝘮𝑎𝘥𝑒 𝑚𝘰𝑎𝘯, 𝐸𝘢𝑟𝘵ℎ 𝑠𝘵𝑜𝘰𝑑 ℎ𝘢𝑟𝘥 𝘢𝑠 𝑖𝘳𝑜𝘯, 𝑤𝘢𝑡𝘦𝑟 𝑙𝘪𝑘𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝑡𝘰𝑛𝘦; 𝑆𝘯𝑜𝘸 𝘩𝑎𝘥 𝘧𝑎𝘭𝑙𝘦𝑛, 𝘴𝑛𝘰𝑤 𝑜𝘯 𝘴𝑛𝘰𝑤, 𝘴𝑛𝘰𝑤 𝑜𝘯 𝘴𝑛𝘰𝑤, 𝘐𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝘭𝑒𝘢𝑘 𝑚𝘪𝑑𝘸𝑖𝘯𝑡𝘦𝑟, 𝘭𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑎𝘨𝑜.” ~ Christina Rosetti

#winter #berries #bloomscrolling #flora #FlowerPhotography #frost #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #SimpleThings #QuietJoys #Advent #Christmas #InTheBleakMidwinter