ik 309 Joy 9 for January 2016 b

ik 309 Joy 9 

Flutterby Joy

knowing 

where the 

Monarch butterflies have 

a winter sanctuary brings 

joy 

About Monarch Butterflies 

©JP/dh  

Inspired by: Be of good cheer. 

From: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer 

8,879 ways to give yourself and others good fortune right now. 

* 

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law. 

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and 

Tao is the practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental 

essence of everything you encounter. 

Note: My haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations or of how I might put the inspirational sentence into practice, for me. Also, I am going in my own order.

ik 308 Joy 8 for January 2016 b

ik 308 Joy 8

Joyful Rhythm

make room

make bigger room

for things that matter

(be nice to yourself)

matter to yourself for

the expansion of

your heart

©JP/dh

Inspired by: Push sad memories away from you.

From: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: My haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

ik 307 Joy 7 for January 2016 b

ik 307 Joy 7

Joyfully Young

(at any age)

let

the children

you meet help

to find your lost

‘child’

©JP/dh

Inspired by: Be kind to the child in you.

From: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: My haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

ik 305 Joy 5 for January 2016 b

ik 305 Joy 5

Joyful View

first

snowflakes seen

through her eyes

the wonderment in announcing;

“See!”

©JP/dh

Odd winter here, first too warm, now too cold;

as least Little Miss enjoyed pointing out to me

“Look Grama! It’s snowing!”

(Yesterday)

Inspired by: Withhold criticism or judgment.

From: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: My haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

ik 304 Joy 4 for January 2016 b

ik 304 Joy 4

Joyful Dreaming

restful

restorative

those things hoped for

(peaceful faces)

hoped for those things

restorative

restful

©JP/dh

Inspired by: Tiptoe around anyone who is sleeping.

From: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: My haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

ik 303 Joy 3 for January 2016 b

ik 303 Joy 3

Joy in Release

fill up

some boxes

to empty some space

(closets, drawers and shelves)

to rearrange some space;

donations and gifts

fill others

©JP/dh

Inspired by: Any positive change you make has the capacity

to bear fruit.

From: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: My haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

ik 302 Joy 2 for January 2016 b

ik 302 Joy 2

Joyful Activity

take a walk

even when it is cold

notice the life that lives

(animals that creep or fly)

notice things, seek to see

even when it is cold

take a walk

©JP/dh

Inspired by: Allow small disappointments to open

unexpected doors.

From: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: My haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.