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• If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our lives with simple good things and constantly thank God for them, we will be joyful, that is, full of joy.

  Richard J. Foster

  Simple, Thinking, Things In Life

  "Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline".

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• Life . . . is a joyful expression of love, praise and thanksgiving instead of a hopeless struggle which eventually ends in death. Giving thanks in every circumstance, we forego the logic and reason which asks, "Why me?" and open our hearts and learn to trust. Every obstacle becomes an occasion for rejoicing. We put love at the center of our universe and we are lifted beyond the world of limitation, doubt, and fear into the realm of love, hope, and eternal happiness.

  Robert Scheid

  Life, Struggle, Learning

  Robert Scheid (1980). “Beyond the Love Game”

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• The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequences of past poor choices is that the Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Whereas the Lord warns that unrepented rebellion will bring punishment, when the Lord speaks of weaknesses, it is always with mercy.

  Richard G. Scott

  Past, Punishment, Choices

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• We're in a freefall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective and that's all it is... joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Fall, Tunnels

  Sukhavati Magazine, 2002, reissued 2007.

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• A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.

  Philip Neri

  Heart, Perfect, Made

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• Life does not end when we die. Death is a rebirth into a spirit world of light and love, a transition from the physical to the spiritual that is no more frightening or painful than passing between rooms through an open doorway. It is a joyful homecoming to our natural home, . . .

  Betty Eadie

  Death, Uplifting, Spiritual

  Betty J. Eadie (1997). “The Awakening Heart: My Continuing Journey to Love”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

  Charles Lamb

  Faces, Gone, Familiar

  "The Old Familiar Faces" l. 1 (1798)

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• When it's allowed to be free, love is what makes life alive, joyful and new.

  Michael Jackson

  Love Is, Alive, Free Love

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• Only if you are joyful, you can be free from the fruit of action.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Humanity, Fruit

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• A joyful congregation is an attractive congregation.

  T. B. Joshua

  Attractive, Congregation

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• When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

  Dalai Lama

  Mind, Able, Calm

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• Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

  Wendell Berry

  Wendell Berry (2012). “A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural”, p.40, Counterpoint Press

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• Don’t worry about things. Don’t push. Just do your work and you’ll survive. The important thing is to have a ball, to be joyful, to be loving and to be explosive. Out of that comes everything and you grow.

  Ray Bradbury

  Motivational, Work, Worry

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• One of the greatest challenges in creating a joyful, peaceful and abundant life is taking responsibility for what you do and how you do it. As long as you can blame someone else, be angry with someone else, point the finger at someone else, you are not taking responsibility for your life.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Responsibility, Creating, Long

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Mar 21, 2016

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