Joy for Thought

You may choose to listen to the beautiful “Valse D’Amelie” while enjoying & thinking…

I took the time and the pleasure to go through the collection of 378 Joy quotes here at Zaadz. Here is a selection of the not so common and accepted Joy quotes for thought, discussion and insights.
 
“Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.”
 ~ William Jordan ~
“Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.”
 ~ Leo Tolstoy ~
“There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.”
 ~ Lord Byron ~
“There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy.”
 ~ Paul Rudnick ~
“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.”
~ Helen Keller ~
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”
~ Kahlil Gibran ~
“To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.”
 ~Lord Byron ~
“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.”
~ Jim Rohn ~
“People need joy. Quite as much as clothing. Some of them need it far more.”
~ Margaret Collier Graham ~
“You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
“What is joy? It is a bird that we all want to catch. It is the same bird that we all love to see flying.”
~ Sri Chinmoy ~
“The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
~ Buddha ~


And my favorite Joy quote:

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
~ Rabindranath Tagore ~

So which one of the above quotes spoke to you or puzzled you?
Notice what the inner voice tells you, state what your mind perceives, observe how they make you feel. Ponder their deeper meaning and truth and share it somehow…

Re: Joy for Thought

Your favorite in this list is mine as well:

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
~ Rabindranath Tagore ~

It reminds me of a song I was taught as a child in Sunday School at Church:

J-O-Y; J-O-Y
This is what it means:
Jesus first, Yourself last,
and Others in-between.

As a follower of Christ, this is the way I experience true Joy – loving God and loving neighbor.

Thanks for the quote….I'll put it to good use!

Re: Joy for Thought

Mark,
that J-O-Y meaning is awesome! What a great way to express selfless service dedicated to bringing joy to others! I LOVE it! We have to add it to wikipedia :)

And here’s another quote that moved me today from the Ashes & Snow amazing experience http://ashesandsnow.org which I wholeheartedly recommend:

“The whales do not sing because they have an answer.
They sing because they have a song.”

***We are because we have joy.***

My revelation…

Re: Rumi on Joy & Mandala for Joy

Rumi Poem on Joy

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.”

Re: Joy for Thought

Hello Joy Bringer,

Thank you for welcoming me to your pod of joy…..joyful expressions of the heart and soul.

I look forward to getting to know each spirit that shares time and space here.

I have a poem to post……a poem written the day before the start of this newest war

and conflict in Iraq. Little did I know then, that one of my son's would find his way

to Iraq….not in the military, but as a member of an organization to help the new

government forming there and to teach democracy….It has been hard to accept the

fact that he is there willingly…… 

I walked out into our field, and looked at everything there with a tremendous

amount of love and joy for what was before me….and this poem came to me. 

Joy

Ever so silently, in the essence of the moment

That arises with the new morn's breath,

Almost unnoticed until;

Caught within the sunrise's radiant and glorious quest

Joy

There; in a second of a

heartbeat's turn,

I look around me and yearn,

Then the magic of this moment

Brings warmth and peace flooding through me.

Joy

Radiating ever so effortlessly.

My heart caught up within, there is no doubt.

So wonderful to invite,

So much happiness to share,

Looking at all the perfection

Our world bears.

Joy

Wake up to the magic

That each day brings.

Listen to what is

Singing in the wind.

Joy

Soulful thoughts

Straight from the heart.

A new way to be,

Certainly many possibilities

There are 'a waiting

To see…

Joy

Tiny specks of life,

Bursting with all their might,

Emerge through the soil,

How hard was it for them in their toil?

Joy

Now swaying in earth's soft and caressing breeze,

They bend down and whisper their secret with ease.

Joy

To be alive, to be living

To embrace all with simple giving.

Joy

(c) Wendy Nelson

March 17, 2003 

Thank you for allowing me to post here.

Sincerely,

Wendy 

Re: Joy for Thought

Warmest welcome to you Wendy,

Thank you for bringing magic to this moment and day!
Thank you for letting joy flow so effortlessly through you!
Thank you for letting us share the infinite possibilities!
Thank you for letting us see and feel this beauty all around!

This is such a wonderful poem, truly inspired and inspiring.
Your son and you are serving a great purpose and we’ll be sending our prayers and best energies for the best possible outcome with godspeed today and every day.

Keep creating and expressing the wonder that is within and around you.
We are blessed to share your radiant light and love,
Darina

Re: Joy for Thought

I love the Joy quotes! Here are two more.

   The voyage which I was born to make in the end, and to which my desire has driven me, is towards a place in which everything we have known is forgotten, except those things which as we knew them, remind us of an original joy. -  Hillaire Belloc 

The same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day in rhythmic measure. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth into numberless waves of flowers.    -  Tagore