In essence, joy is the quiet confidence that everything will work out right. The best part of being filled with joy is that it’s contagious. Your joy overflows. You can’t keep it to yourself. It...

Although we may encounter dark seasons, when we’re filled with joy we’ll have confident expectations that the sun will soon return and dark clouds will pass.

Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.

People who fit don’t seek. The seekers are those that don’t fit.

Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.

Every time I look into her eyes, I get a positive inspiration to serve humanity.

As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.

Live, not just for livingLive, not just for gettingLive for the beauty of lovingLive for the joy of giving.

Simplicity and humility, not power or status, will bring you joy and happiness.

Let us talk about our love, joy and happiness. Let us forgive and forget talking about misery and sadness.

On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death. … Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity,...

Good dancers awaken the joy in our hearts, we have seen them ablaze on stage, videos, on our streets, in the theaters, in our homes, schools and they have successfully ignited the love of dancing...

Fear of joy is the darkest of captivities.

To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.

It is beyond a doubt that everyone should have time for some special delight, if only five minutes each day to seek out a lovely flower or cloud or star, or learn a verse to...

How do we handle feelings? What significance should we attach to them? If we want to keep our feelings from deceiving and defeating us, we must make some tough choices in our lives. We must...

On with the dance! let joy be unconfin’d

You are my loveMy source of joyYou are the joy You are the love Every chamber of your heart is like a flower, blooming and blooming Spreading love with the wind of thoughts I am...

Let me be kind, let me be compassionate, let me be joyful, and let me sing a song of love.

Veganism is not a “sacrifice.” It is a joy.

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

It’s laughter that lubricates our irritations, that releases our tensions, that feeds our joy… it’s the laughter that helps keep things warm and joyful even in the midst of pain.

Do not try the parallels in that way: I know that way all along. I have measured that bottomless night, and all the light and all the joy of my life went out there.[Having himself...

The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy...

Letting go of someone we love is the hardest thing we will ever do. Some people never surrender to love for the fear of being hurt. But to not have loved, to not have felt...

Princes are fighters or administrators. Neither of those things do much to spread joy in the world. Whores, concubines, and catamites, on the other hand, are all about giving satisfaction. Now granted, sexual pleasure is...

A Blessing for WeddingToday when persimmons ripenToday when fox-kits come out of their den into snowToday when the spotted egg releases its wren songToday when the maple sets down its red leavesToday when windows keep...

Life is too short for anger, resentment, hostility and “should have.” It is too short to put off doing what brings you joy. Live each day as if it were your last, because one day...

Well I want something to do, to create, to achieve, to whatever…. Something I can’t get enough of. You know something that I can’t wait to get up in the morning to do something I...

Seek joyfulness when you can, for seeking joy leads to an auspicious atmosphere.

I would never attempt to dissuade anyone from reading a book. But please, if you’re reading something that’s killing you, put it down and read something else, just as you would reach for the remote...

A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.

Inner joy enables you to choose to look beyond your pain and make your praise a sacrifice to God.

Every joy is like a piece of mirror: always reflecting..

Chainschains that hold me to the groundchains that keep me solidly boundchains that tether my heart to youchains that hold only one truth…

464Joy is found in the breath of acceptance knowing that all is well in our world, if we surrender with grace.

There have been some mistakes due to the feeling of joy,

One last mystery: on one of the little ponds, this morning, I saw wind riffling the first of the waterlily leaves. They haven’t all emerged yet, but new circles tattoo the water, here and there,...

…it’s not the stories – it’s the pain and the joy and the people who stay with you long after the stories are told …

Anthropologists say that in every culture in history, children have played the game hide and seek.

Love is fuel for the soul.

Your joy can be the impetus that motivates others to find their way to joy.

The true joy and wonder of life can only be yours if you follow your own intuition aiming to achieve your bliss.

She was a free bird one minute: queen of the world and laughing. The next minute she would be in tears like a porcelain angel, about to teeter, fall and break. She never cried because...

You are my dark turned to bright, the day into my light. A vision of splendour to my lights, light.

Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.

I can resist everything but the temptation of you.

They said that you would never make it, but you did. They said that you would quit, but you persevered and fought through every obstacle that came your way. They said that you didn’t have...

Healing is the way of the heart. This book is an invitation to open our heart. Healing is a love affair with life.Healing is pure love. Love is what creates healing. Spiritual healing is to...

Intuition is a trust that if we follow our heart, if we follow our love, joy and truth, the Whole becomes enriched.