When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. .
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
Integrity is about being integrated with the spiritual values of the Universe. It is also about being happy, because happiness and joy mean that you're coming into integrity with your soul.
Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in the light of the contemplation of God.
If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing.
When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
Spiritual life is not dry, it is also exceuted happily, 'susukham'. The result of that is not just happiness, but bliss, spiritual joy.
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the poor; anger by goodwill and love for all men; worldly dejection by spiritual joy; listlessness by patience, perseverance and offering thanks to God; self-esteem by doing good in secret and by praying constantly with a contrite heart; and pride by not judging or despising anyone in the manner of the boastful Pharisee (cf. Lk. 18:11-12), and by considering oneself the least of all men.
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
Your work is to go forth into this physical environment looking for things that are a vibrational match to joy, connecting to Source Energy, and then following with the inspired action.
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