Quotes About Joy

Rune, smiling, reenters the illusion that is the world.

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

And ye, beneath life's crushing load Whose forms are bending low, Who toil along the climbing way With painful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing: O rest beside the weary road And hear the angels sing.

Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.

I will play on this blessed earth until I die.

Humans are so strange in the ways that we are either recovering too quickly from something or holding on to pain forever. There seems to be no middle ground. We bounce back or we wallow. But remembering the hardest moments of grief or loss and letting them be present for you in the good moments is something I've found useful and grounding as I age. It feels like a way of remembering that balance does exist. This too. This grief. This joy. Together always intertwined.

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world.

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world.

May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; The spirit of Christmas which is peace; The heart of Christmas which is love.

To make a couple putts to win the Masters is just an amazing feeling.

After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so.

Attachment. That's what keeps us from recognizing when our opinions are off the mark and rethinking them. To unlock the joy of being wrong, we need to detach. I've learned that two kinds of detachment are especially useful: detaching your present from your past and detaching your opinions from your identity.

God's blessings are not about ease and comfort, but rather about the joy of being a part of God's work, being used by God for God's purposes, and being accompanied by God's presence, particularly in the face of adversity.

We are meant to be a living hallelujah.

We share the gospel with others because we believe the gospel is not just about heaven, but about having life even here on earth.

Kto mi?o?ci nie zna, ten ?yje szcz??liwy, I noc ma spokojn?, i dzie? niet?skliwy.

Kto nie dozna? goryczy ni razu, Ten nie dozna s?odyczy w niebie.

Le?my, szcz??ciem zosta?y pióra do powrotu, Le?my i nigdy odt?d nie zni?ajmy lotu.

And the third is from him: "Second date?" I immediately text him back: "Hell yeah!" Then I collapse on my bed and enjoy that "butterflies in the stomach" feeling. I've felt the butterflies before from time to time, but this is the first time I haven't sort of wanted to attack them with a flyswatter.

Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.

The world is filled with reasons to be downcast. But deeper than sorrow thrums the unbroken pulse of God's joy, a joy that will yet have its eternal day. To set our hearts on this joy reminds us that we can choose how we respond to any particular moment. We can search for God in all circumstances, or not. We can seek the pulse of hope and celebration because it is God's reality.

Love expands your soul with something inexplicably fulfilling. If you die without ever having experienced it, you will miss life's only true joy

Samuel Butler (1835-1902) said, "The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too." 7

Without true celebration discipline is obnoxious.