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

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Lord, thank You for my friends. Please use me to lift others up even as You have sent others to lift me up in times of need. Amen.

share the joys of life with me 9:08 AM

Friday, November 11, 2005

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
- Amelia Barr

share the joys of life with me 9:10 AM

Thursday, November 10, 2005

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.
- Brooks Atkinson

share the joys of life with me 8:54 AM

Monday, November 07, 2005

It is only by thinking about great and good things that we come to love them... and it is only by seeking after them that they become ours.
- Hanry Van Dyke

share the joys of life with me 10:19 AM

Saturday, November 05, 2005

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
- Bodhidharma

share the joys of life with me 8:44 AM

Friday, November 04, 2005

The joy is actually in the music. It's the music that supports you and tells you what to do. It tells you how to fill the music. You don't have to be shy about feeling the music when you're singing. If you believe in music - the power of music - the music will support you and take you to another dimension.
- Cecilia Bartoli

share the joys of life with me 8:37 AM

Thursday, November 03, 2005

I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.
- Ani Difranco

share the joys of life with me 9:59 AM

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

No man is useless while he has a friend.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

share the joys of life with me 8:46 AM