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Tag Archives: Joy
Joy
“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” ~ Joseph Campbell
Great Joy
“Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Distress, Give, Happiness, Joy, Kind, Serve, Volunteer
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Empathy
“Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Empathy, Joy, Lost, Meanness, Pain, Understanding, Won
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Joy
“Don’t look for it outside. Joy is always in you, all you’ve got to do is awaken to it.” ~ Roxana Jones
Today
“Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine, I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine. A million tomorrows shall all pass away, ‘ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today.” . ~ John Denver; Today … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Celebrate Every Day, Celebrate Today, Happiness, Joy
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Joy & Laughter
“Joy in one’s heart and laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.” ~ Hugh Sidey
Magic
“Be the person who brings ‘a little’ magic to other people’s moments.”
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Happiness, Joy, Life, Magic, Moments
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Life – Pain – Joy
“Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create JOY!” ~ Milton Erickson
Life – Joy
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~ R Tagore
Tears of Joy
“Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.” ~ Hosea Ballou
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Daily Insight, Joy, Rain drops, Summer, Sunbeams, Tears
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