joy

The pain wants to eat me away. I wish I could have one without the other, but that's the problem with being alive. You don't usually get to choose the measure of suffering or the degree of joy you have.

Sometimes, it is true, a sense of isolation enfolds me like a cold mist as I sit alone and wait at life__ shut gate. Beyond there is light, and music, and sweet companionship; but I may not enter. Fate, silent, pitiless, bars the way_Silence sits immense upon my soul. Then comes hope with a smile and whispers, __here is joy is self-forgetfulness._ So I try to make the light in others_ eyes my sun, the music in others; ears my symphony, the smile on others_ lips my happiness.

Learn the discipline of being surprised not by suffering but by joy. As we grow old, there is suffering ahead of us, immense suffering, a suffering that will continue to tempt us to think that we have chosen the wrong road. But don't be surprised by pain. Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing power that keeps bursting forth like springs of fresh water from the depth of our pain.

We can never know the impact a simple smile has on another. Smiling is one of the easiest things we can do. Is there a simpler, more effortless way to give everyone you meet a moment of joy, even a sense of worth?

It's none of your concern what others say or think about you. Your happiness is your own responsibility.

Self-struggle is spiritual.

Inspirational quotes are only making you more miserable.

When you wake up each morning with a burning passion to accomplish a goal, you've already won the day.

Unzip your life right now, air out the putrid and bleach the infection, then invite your childhood dreams back, beckon the best of you and breathe deeper than you have in a very long time. Believe in the holdings of your heart. You can become anyone and anything your heart desires once you clear the clutter and stuff yourself with positive power and intentions.

Vested in fear, frightened of failure, but beyond that I choose to surrender to my fated success.

When you're vested in fear, frightened of failure, yet in the surrender is where you find your success.

Possessions and positions may promote our happiness but cannot create it. Happiness is a state created by self through the realization of how the self is important to the creator.

Growth is achieved when truth is revealed.

When we have developed a trust in both our inner man and woman and they can nourish, support, communicate and cooperate with each other, a love begins to flow between them.

There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable.

Love in action puts a mind at ease. It creates wonders and good feelings. Such is the magic word that when you allow it to flow freely, it awakens every human heart, and uplifts every human spirit.

Annie giggled again. She couldn__ seem to stop herself. And when she did, the most incredible thing happened. Alex__ grin vanished, and after gazing down at her for what seemed to her several endless seconds, he got tears in his eyes. __hank you,_ he said. Only that, just a simple __hank you._ But to Annie, those were the two most wonderful words she__ ever seen spoken, and they meant more to her than a thousand others might have. With them, he told her a wealth of things, namely that he had meant everything he__ said to her in the attic, that he not only wouldn__ punish her for making noise, but that he wanted her to.

Summer is a period of luxurious growth. To be in harmony with the atmosphere of summer, awaken early in the morning and reach to the sun for nourishment to flourish as the gardens do. Work, play, travel, be joyful, and grow into selfless service. The bounty of the outside world enters and enlivens us.