{"id":6585,"date":"2021-07-19T07:42:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T12:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=6585"},"modified":"2023-08-16T15:45:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:45:35","slug":"embrace-the-bright-side-finding-joy-in-the-midst-of-an-apocalyptic-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/embrace-the-bright-side-finding-joy-in-the-midst-of-an-apocalyptic-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Embrace the Bright Side: Finding Joy in the Midst of an Apocalyptic Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chaos is smothering joy faster than heat on a Portland biker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bike-rider-large-image-blog-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"No joy this summer\" class=\"wp-image-8200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bike-rider-large-image-blog-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bike-rider-large-image-blog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bike-rider-large-image-blog-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bike-rider-large-image-blog.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Heat dome sucking joy out of the Pacific Northwest\/Nathan Howard\/Getty Images<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We see . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>tragedies in the Florida condo collapse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas and California electricity shortage  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>heat melting the Pacific Northwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty of news to be down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, one of God&#8217;s tiny creatures shows us how to choose joy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-joy-in-a-moment\">Joy in a moment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hummingbird-blog.steveblais.jpg\" alt=\"Hummingbirds find joy daily\" class=\"wp-image-6586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hummingbird-blog.steveblais.jpg 942w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hummingbird-blog.steveblais-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hummingbird-blog.steveblais-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hummingbirds savor blossoms\/James Wainscoat\/Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hummingbirds and vultures live in deserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They encounter chaos differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vultures live off the dead, the past.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, hummingbirds live off blossoms, the present.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each bird finds what it&#8217;s looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So do we.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life is generally directed by what we look at.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The direction we look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s why Jesus told us to remember birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to<\/strong> <strong>your life?&#8221;<\/strong>  Mat. 6: 26-27<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe they worry less because they live in the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arthur Gordon once asked actor Charles Coburn the key to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;The moment,&#8221; he said, &#8220;to act&#8212;or not to act.  The moment to speak&#8212;or to keep silent.  On the stage, as every actor knows, timing is the all-important factor.  I believe it&#8217;s the key in life too. &#8220;<\/strong>  Arthur Gordon interview with Charles Coburn\/ <em>A Touch of Wonder<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Charles-Coburn-blog-e1626017839660.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8325 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry.  Stay in the moment.  How?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-awareness\">Awareness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hummingbirds are smart.  Alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their brain is 4.2% of body weight and ours is 2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies show they remember every flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They remember where the nectar is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-movement\">Movement <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>How do they find nectar in deserts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Movement.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They can dive 60 mph and fly at 30 mph . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hummingbird-and-flower-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8215 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hummingbird-and-flower-blog.jpg 612w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hummingbird-and-flower-blog-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>forward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>backward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>upside-down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Problems are solved when seen from different angles.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-skill\">Skill <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Joy won&#8217;t come your way sitting around . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>stuck on a problem<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>stuck in the past<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We get stuck because we&#8217;re afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Too afraid to work out problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reminds me of a priest and a layman who went to a boxing match.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the boxers made the sign of the cross before the bell.  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