Quotes About Joy

Can you go faster?" Harley asked. She was so excited that she had eaten breakfast three times. Two on purpose, one by accident.

One of the great joys in life is having ones hair brushed.

How I would paint happiness Something hidden, a windfall, A meteor shower. No- A flowering tree releasing all its blossoms at once, and the one standing beneath it unexpectedly robed in bloom…

He couldn't wait to get home from school, to play with Jenny 'till bedtime, when she went to sleep on his bed and both of them dreamed wonderful dreams all night, about a boy with a face like the sun and a small white dog gleaming like a star through the early-morning mist" -Sky Wolves, Livi Michael

There are days we live as if death were nowhere in the background; from joy to joy to joy, from wing to wing, from blossom to blossom to impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom.

O, to take what we love inside, to carry within us an orchard, to eat not only the skin, but the shade, not only the sugar, but the days, to hold the fruit in our hands, adore it, then bite into the round jubilance of peach. There are days we live as if death were nowhere in the background; from joy to joy to joy, from wing to wing, from blossom to blossom to impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom.

O, to take what we love inside, to carry within us an orchard, to eat not only the skin, but the shade, not only the sugar, but the days, to hold the fruit in our hands, adore it, then bite into the round jubilance of peach.

I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring.

Fun is temporary at best; it's risky, even dangerous, at worst. Joy, on the other hand, was mystery I couldn't seem to decipher.

Lord, what an honor it will be to start the day with you. Give me the strength to lift my head, the courage to lift my heart, the joy to lift my spirits, and the confidence to lift my eyes and see you rising and shining in me.

breaks into a smile that feels like the sun coming out from behind the heaviest cloud in the sky.

celebrations.

smiling so brightly that the three of us could have been auditioning for a toothpaste ad.

I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.

The secret to happiness is freedom—and the secret to freedom is courage." She

Nonsense," Bridget said. "The secret to happiness is freedom—and the secret to freedom is courage.

The secret to happiness is freedom—and the secret to freedom is courage.

Sugar flake that, yo. Snap, crackle, pop.

All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.

And there is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can...

You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.

I know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.

I have a theory about pink pastry boxes. So much joy comes from those boxes. When someone walks into a room with a pink pastry box, joy immediately fills the room. World peace? Three words. Pink pastry box. I get a big cup of coffee and finalize my plans for world domination.

Once you taste a little of the sweetness that life can be, there really is no going back.