a blog of joy

about this blog

everyday joys abound. it's a matter of perspective. for every trial there is a joy. for every loss there is a gain. finding the benefits to typical challenges brings to focus the beauty of daily life. it's as simple as keeping what i call a joy journal, jotting down the small gifts of being alive. the scent of a fresh breeze. the handshake of a friend. sounds and sights. aromas and textures. life is a grand blessing, but it's one that is carefully made of tiny and simple joys. just like a mural, it's pieced together stroke by stroke with the light and dark elements living together (one is never found without the other). This blog inspires us to open our eyes and hearts to these tiny but tangible building blocks that can create a world of celebration... and a life of possibilities.

archives

December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005
roads of life

secret pal
small pleasures
devotions
devotional for graduates
the good vibes
alder's journey
from the gunroom

darlinks

kaneshiro
leorick
boonai
war freak
erhan
carl
lainnir
kate
ruthie

Friday, July 29, 2005

The mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

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Thursday, July 28, 2005

Hold a true friend with both hands.
- Nigerian Proverb

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

The Lord your God is the faithful God who for a thousand generations keeps His promises and constantly loves those who love Him.
- Deuteronomy 7:9 TLB

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Monday, July 25, 2005

One must never in haste to end to haste a day; there are too few of them in a lifetime.
- Dale Coman

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Saturday, July 23, 2005

Is it possible that I am so busy doing that I no longer have time to enjoy being?
- Wilson

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Friday, July 22, 2005

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.
- George Bernard Shaw

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Thursday, July 21, 2005

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
- Mark Twain

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Wednesday, July 20, 2005

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.
- Chauncey Depew

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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
- Mark Twain

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Monday, July 18, 2005

thy faith hath made thee whole...
- Matthew 9:22 KJV

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Saturday, July 16, 2005

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
- Henry Ward Beecher

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Friday, July 15, 2005

Happiness consists in activity. It is a running steam, not a stagnant pool.
- John Mason Good

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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Happiness seems made to be shared.
- Jean Racine

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005

The only rose without thorns is friendship.
- Mlle. de Scuderi

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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Monday, July 11, 2005

Every moment is full of wonder, and God is always present.

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Saturday, July 09, 2005

Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can.
- Marcia Wieder

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Friday, July 08, 2005

Walk with me as I go to my friend who is in sorrow. I never know what to say - words never seem sufficient. Give me the strength to go and just be silent, bringing Your love simply by being there. Amen.

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Thursday, July 07, 2005

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.
- George Santayana

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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
- Friedrich Nietzsche

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Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.
- Matt Biondi

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Monday, July 04, 2005

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.
- Gerry Sikorski

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Sunday, July 03, 2005

For all Your goodness, for all of life, I thank You, Lord. Amen.

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Saturday, July 02, 2005

Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
- Earl Nightingale

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Friday, July 01, 2005

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.
- Thomas Paine

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