February Joy Dare 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

11. 3 gifts found in working

• the gift of learning discipline: I'd be a lazy couch potato 
• the gift of learning patience with the crazy kids and clients
• the gift in learning new things: it is always good, though not necessarily enjoyable, when learning new ideas, concepts, etc.

12. 3 hard eucharisteos

• eating humble pie and learning how to admit i'm wrong, beg for forgiveness
• learning that when people say "no", it does not mean "i don't know like you"
• enduring consequences of my brokenness: Hebrews 12:11

13. 3 gifts found behind a door today

• finding that my class had not started yet even though i was a tad late this morning
• my paycheck.  :)
• sunshine!

14. 3 ways you feel the love of God

• through my mom
• through my dad
• through people's affirmations

15. a gift in losing something, in finding something, in making something

• losing my duffel bag at retreat: learning to not be so materialistic, or put value on things of no eternal value
• finding my parents' wedding pictures and old home photographs: I love the memories kept for so long and then revisited!  Thank you J for a great legacy!
• making time for homework: not procrastinating is conducive to health and longer nights of sleep!