Joy


"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."
-Iris Murdoch

 What brings you joy?

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy." 
-Thich Nhat Hanh

 "Joy is strength." -Mother Theresa

 "When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy." -Rumi

 "It is easy to be heavy; hard to be light." -G.K. Chesterton

 "Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough."-Emily Dickinson


"Scatter joy!" -Ralph Waldo Emerson

 "I have drunken deep of joy, and I will taste no other wine tonight." -Percy Bysshe Shelley

 "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to realize how good things really are."
-Marianne Williamson

"Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to keep choosing it, every day." 
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
"The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again." 
-Charles Dickens

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Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay 
Tulips
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay 
girl picking flowers
Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay 
crocuses
Image by Anja#helpinghands#stayathome #solidarity#stays healthy
from Pixabay 
girl in swing
Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay 
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  1. Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork AppliquéApril 11, 2020 at 2:07 PM

    Joy can be everywhere, just need to pay attention. I love the saying by Emily Dickinson, so true!

    J is for Jewelry

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