Category: Joy

Gratitude and not Taking for Granted

Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted--a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.

— Rabbi Harold Kushner —

Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted–a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul…

Look for Good

Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted--a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.

— Rabbi Harold Kushner —

P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Galatians 5:22, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness”

Look for Good

Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted--a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.

— Rabbi Harold Kushner —

P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Galatians 5:22, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness”

Obscure Relevance – Joy

Joy is a song of the soul.

— St. Augustine —

“Joy is a song of the soul.”  ~St. Augustine Alaska Trip – Day Eleven Obscure/Relevance Topic:  Joy Today I awakened with a heart at peace and my soul immersed in joy. The peace I felt on this morning is a peace I’ve felt throughout this trip.  When we allow God’s beauty to penetrate our soul…

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Present

That is the simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, don't let the past move your mind; don't let the future disturb you. Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet. To live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential. And when you are living in the non-existential, you are missing that which is existential. Naturally you will be miserable, because you will miss your whole life.

— Osho —

“That is the simple secret of happiness.  Whatever you are doing, don’t let past move your mind; don’t let future disturb you.  Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet.  To live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential.  And when you are living…

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Joy and Company

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

— Mark Twain —

  On the flip side of that coin, misery loves company. Who are hanging out with these days? Do they bring you joy or misery? With all of that being said, there is only one thing worse than two miserable people commiserating and that is a one person commiserating with the committee in his or…

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Merry Christmas!

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

— Charles Dickens —

  Very interesting thought by Mr. Dickens.  It’s as if it is the one time of year we all get our values aligned (for the most part) with Christ’s. Go figure, after all it is His birthday. All the past week of quotes I’ve been sharing on EagleLaunch will become every day living if you…

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Christmas Beauty

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

— Norman Vincent Peale —

  Hmmm… sort of the way God intended things to be on a daily basis. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Joy*

“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”  ~Mark Twain On the flip side of that coin, misery loves company. Who are hanging out with these days? Do they bring you joy or misery? With all of that being said, there is only one thing worse than two…

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