Quotes About Joy

Eat an apple,sing a song, Don't touch a snake as it wriggles along. Run for an hour, walk for a day, Hark to the birds and heed what they say.

Creative play is like a spring that bubbles up from deep within a child.

When we don't have the words chocolate can speak volumes.

Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.

it's a complete rush to get what you've been hoping for - to get it so full and complete that it fills your senses.

You don't need fancy things to feel good. You can hug a puppy. You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color. You can plant a flower and watch it grow. You can decide to trust people - the right people. You can decide to start over and let other people start over too" -Sugar Mae Cole

I nearly tripped over Stieglitz, my dog, a forty-pound black-and-white keeshond (pronounced caze-hawnd) furball. He lunged at me with unbridled glee because the mere sight of my presence always made his day. It's important to have a dog. Dogs love unconditionally. (Thwonk)

We need a happy song.

Every moment is a holy moment if we are present in it. Peace and stillness, love and wisdom, joy and creativity are the fruits of the present.

The mind can be either our staunchest ally or our greatest enemy. If we learn to control the mind, practicing the art of staying present, then the Divine Presence reveals itself in each moment as peace, beauty, insight and joy.

Help me take a deep breath whenever I'm caught in the ego and switch into an awareness of the present moment and the peace, joy, creativity and love of my own true nature, my Higher Self.

Today we celebrate both outer freedom and inner freedom.

I celebrate myself," the poet Walt Whitman wrote. The thought is so delicious it is almost obscene. Imagine the joy that would come with celebrating the self — our achievements, our experiences, our existence. Imagine what it would be like to look into the mirror and say, as God taught us, "That's good.

surround myself with happy colors—yellow, coral, hot pink, and Mediterranean blues and greens.

I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.

the while there were smiles on the two faces that told of their pleasure in dancing and their happiness at being together. Jill watched, wide-eyed. 'They are absolutely brilliant! Oh, how I wish me mam and dad could see them, they'd be so proud.' 'Well they

Having a baby is part of a woman's life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life.

By finding a way to keep gratitude as a constant companion, the blessings of joy and contentment become our reward.

Exude happiness and you will feel it back a thousand times.

During the last year she was alive, at age 95, my mother said many times, "It's so freeing to realize that nothing really matters." She said it joyously, with relief, as if a burden had been lifted. She also said over and over, "Love yourself". Tollifson, Joan. Nothing to Grasp (p. 174). New Harbinger Publications. Kindle Edition.

During the last year she was alive, at age 95, my mother said many times, "It's so freeing to realize that nothing really matters." She said it joyously, with relief, as if a burden had been lifted. She also said over and over, "Love yourself.

She lived among us for a while And brought joy where she went. We thought she was a gift of God But learned she was but lent.

A bird doesn't sing because he has an answer-he sings because he has a song.

Do not be sad that you have suffered, be glad that you have lived.