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Mon 26 Mar 2018

Anti-joie

Posted by PJ under joy, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“To know rapture is to have one’s whole life poisoned. If you will forgive a ridiculous analogy, a tincture of rapture is like a red bandana in the laundry that runs and turns all the white wash pink. We should just as soon stay away from any future ecstatic experiences which spoil everyday living by comparison.

—Philip Lopate, “Against Joie de Vivre,” Against Joie de Vivre: Personal Essays

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 8 Mar 2018

River joy

Posted by PJ under joy, quote of the day, rivers, soul
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Random quote of the day:

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”

—Rumi, “Moving Water” (tr. Coleman Barks)

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 30 Oct 2017

Joy!

Posted by PJ under joy, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:

“Work may be your dominant thought, and joy and afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.”

—attributed to Alan Cohen

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 23 Jun 2016

Not joy

Posted by PJ under excess, joy, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The mother of excess is not joy, but joylessness.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 3 Apr 2014

Follow

Posted by PJ under joy, meaning, quote of the day, risk
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Random quote of the day:

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.”

—Alan Cohen, Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risks to Follow Your Bliss

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 25 Oct 2013

Make someone happy

Posted by PJ under happiness, joy, meaning, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”

—Roger Ebert, quoted in “Roger Ebert: The Essential Man,” Esquire, February 16, 2010

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 28 Jan 2013

A string of moments

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“The world is a cruel place…and compassion had to be tempered with a keen eye for safety, survival, because nothing was ever safe. Nothing ever sacred. Nothing, that is, except moments. Moments of joy, of love; peace and good food and warmth at a table surrounded by those you cared about. Moments like those could be counted, each one precious. Beyond that, a mystery.”

—Marjorie M. Liu, The Red Heart of Jade

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Tue 3 Apr 2012

Bringing forth

Posted by PJ under joy, quote of the day, sorrow
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.”

—William Blake, “Proverbs of Hell,” The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 13 Dec 2011

Bliss

Posted by PJ under cars, dogs, joy, video
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When you think it’s over, it ain’t over.

Dogs in Cars from keith on Vimeo.

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