a blog of joy

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
- Ovid

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

When a child walks down the road, a company of angels goes before him proclaiming, “Make way for the image of the Holy One.”
- Hasidic Saying

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Monday, August 29, 2005

May your footsteps set you upon a lifetime journey of love. May you wake each day with His blessings and sleep each night in His keeping. And may you always walk in His tender care.

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Saturday, August 27, 2005

I am convinced that there is ten times more good than bad in a child, and about the bad, we can wait and see.
- Janusz Korczak

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Friday, August 26, 2005

Some people make the world more special just by being in it.

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing.
- Joseph Wood Krutch

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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Let everyone understand that the real love of God does not consist in tear-shedding, nor in that sweetness and tenderness for which we often long, just because they console us, but in serving God by serving those around us, in justice, fortitude of soul, and humility.
- Teresa of Avila

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

How watchful we must be to keep the crystal well that we were made, clear!--that it not be made turbid by our contact with the world, so that it will not reflect objects. What other liberty is there worth having, if we have not freedom and peace in our minds--if our inmost and most private man is but a sour and turbid pool? If you would avoid uncleanness and all the sins, work earnestly, though it be at cleaning a stable.
- Henry David Thoreau

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Monday, August 22, 2005

Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and softly sits on your shoulder.

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Saturday, August 20, 2005

God, you love us: turn us into people who are humble; give us great simplicity in our prayer, in human relationships, in welcoming others.

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Friday, August 19, 2005

If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is attachment. What is an attachment? An emotional state of clinging caused by the belief that without some particular thing or some person you cannot be happy.
- Anthony Mello

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Love the earth and the sun
and the animals, despise riches,
give alms to everyone that asks,
stand up for the stupid and crazy,
devote your income and labor to others,
hate tyrants, argue not concerning God.
- Walt Whitman

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005

You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.
- Ludwig van Beethoven

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Monday, August 15, 2005

Lord... keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.
- Psalm 17:1,8 NIV

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Saturday, August 13, 2005

Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.
- Billy Mills

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Friday, August 12, 2005

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
- Cherokee Expression

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Thursday, August 11, 2005

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
- John W. Gardner

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our days, and fill our eyes with light.
- Samuel Longfellow

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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.
- Lord Byron

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Monday, August 08, 2005

Happiness is being at peace; being with loved ones; being comfortable... But most of all, it's having those loved ones.
- Johnny Cash

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Saturday, August 06, 2005

Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.
- Japanese Proverb

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Friday, August 05, 2005

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.
- Sir James M. Barrie

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Thursday, August 04, 2005

Lord, thank You for the love of life that You have put within me. Help me make wise choices. May I do all to Your glory. Amen.

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Wednesday, August 03, 2005

There's lots of people who spend so much time watching their health, they haven't got time to enjoy it.
- Josh Billings