tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://groups.gaia.com/joy/discussions/feeds/thread/311603 en-us 1 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:09:52 GMT Gaia: JOY SOULutions: Enjoy, Share & Inspire - JOY for JOY ITSELF - What Draws Us Together? - First Love, Foremost HUMOR & JOY :) http://joybringer.gaia.com Joy Bringer tag:gaia.com,2008:Gaia-311603 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:09:52 GMT http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/311603 <p> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="border-width: 1px; border-color: #cccccc; border-style: solid; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" src="http://aura1.gaia.com/photos/40/399725/large/Beach_smileys.jpg" alt="Beach_smileys" /><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">What actually doesn&#39;t? I think/feel ANYTHING And EVERYTHING connects us &amp; brings us together. But if I had to list what really makes the difference beside LOVE that would be HUMOR AND JOY. Our ability to smile, laugh &amp; not take ourselves so seriously. Find the positive &amp; funny even in the gloomiest places, darkest times &amp; most miserable people. And do it with a contagious laughter, positive attitude &amp; pronoic actions that transforms everything. Yes? :)</span></span></span></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /></span></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><div class="asset_container" style="float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; width: 100%; text-align: center; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px"><div class="asset_holding" style="width: 500px; float: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-width: thin; border-color: silver; border-style: solid"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" src="http://aura.gaia.com/photos/40/399726/large/ufo_alien_joke.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="352" /><div class="asset_caption" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: smaller; padding-top: 10px; margin: 0px">ufo alien joke</div></div></div><br id="ze_clear_89058" class="ze_clear" style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /></span></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /></span></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">&quot;<strong style="color: black; background-color: #a0ffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px">Humor</strong><span style="font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span">&nbsp;is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations</span>.&quot;&nbsp;~ Erica Jong ~</span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /></div><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /></span></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px" class="Apple-style-span">&quot;The most wasted of all days is one without&nbsp;<strong style="color: black; background-color: #ff9999; padding: 0px; margin: 0px">laughter</strong>.&quot;</span><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center">~ E.E. Cummings ~<br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /></span></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px" class="Apple-style-span">&quot;JOY is not in things, it is in us.&quot;</span><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center">~ Benjamin Franklin ~<br /></div></span></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /></div></div></span></span><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" /></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px"><div class="asset_container" style="float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; width: 100%; text-align: center; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px"><div class="asset_holding" style="width: 397px; float: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-width: thin; border-color: silver; border-style: solid"><img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px" src="http://aura.gaia.com/photos/40/399727/large/Evoman.jpg" alt="" width="397" height="125" /><div class="asset_caption" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: smaller; padding-top: 10px; margin: 0px">Evoman</div><div><span style="font-size: 10px" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span> </p>