Quotes About Joy

Time flies with you

We all know how to be a child.

There are moments on earth when the Lord smiles at the unexpected sweetness of His creation.

My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring danced when she heard my father sing)...

He explained how once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied. There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between sunrises was gone.

We all know how to be a child. It's inside all of us. For me, it's just remembering how to enjoy it.

Be satisfied. Be grateful. For what you have. For what the love you received. And for what God has given you

The slightest human contact was immediate joy.

But heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners. And heaven itself has many steps.

Eddie told her he had made things square and her eyebrows lifted and her lips spread and Eddie felt and old, warm feeling he had missed for years, the simple act of making his wife happy

Without love, we are birds without wings

But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact. Chika filled every day. She drank it in. She lived it up. And always, always, she affected someone, most often by making them smile.

He would close his eyes and with a blissful smile begin to move to his own sense of rhythm. It wasn't always pretty. But then, he didn't worry about a partner. Morrie danced by himself.

Giving makes me feel like I'm living.

Love, like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy.

Heaven...is the same feeling...No fear. No dark. When you know you are loved...that's the light.

When you are born, you cried while the world rejoiced.Live your life in such a way that when you die the world cries while you rejoice.

He was never haunted by "Why am I here?" He knew why he was here, he said: to give to others, to celebrate God, and to enjoy and honor the world he was put in. His morning prayers began with "Thank you, Lord, for returning my soul to me.

He loved to smile. He avoided anger. He was never haunted by Why am I here? He knew why he was here, he said: to give to others, to celebrate God, and to enjoy and honour the world he was put in. His morning prayers began with Thank you, Lord, for returning my soul to me. When you start that way, the rest of the day is a bonus.

So, have we solved the secret of happiness? I believe so, he said. Are you going to tell me? Yes. Ready? Ready. Be satisfied. That's it? Be grateful. That's it? For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you. That's it? He looked me in the eye. Then he sighed deeply. That's it.

Giving to other people is what makes me feel alive. Not my car or not my house. Not what I look in the mirror. When I give my time, when I can make someone smile after they were feeling sad, it's as close to healthy as I ever feel.

Those moments are a gift.

This is my heaven," Cleo said. "Watching people come home?" Annie asked. "Feeling the joy when they do. Souls reuniting. It's something divine." "But it happens every day." Cleo tilted her head. "Don't divine things happen every day?

Everything in this world is music if you can hear it. Make a joyful noise, the psalm says.