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“Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them." ~ Thomas Kinkade”

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Thomas Kinkade

Thomas Kinkade was an American painter known for his dreamy landscape paintings. His works typically depict serene rural and pastoral scenes, filled with warmth and nostalgic emotions. Kinkade's paintings have been popular worldwide, and he is considered one of the representatives of Neoclassical painting. more

“It is not a gathering of 'escapees' from the world, bitterly enjoying their escape, feeding their hate for the world. Listen to their psalms and hymns; contemplate the transparent beauty of their icons, their movements, of the entire *celebration. It is truly cosmical joy that permeates all this; it is the entire creation - its matter and its time, its sounds and colors, its words and silence - that praises and worships God and in this praise becomes again itself: the Eucharist, the sacrament of unity, the sacrament of the new creation.”

Christian Joy Orthodox Baptism Eucharist Liturgy

Book:Of Water and the Spirit: A Liturgical Study of Baptism

Source: Of Water and the Spirit: A Liturgical Study of Baptism

“I am a proud father in the accomplishments of my son, who fills my heart with joy and my mind with favourable wonderings. He enhances my purpose on this wondrous planet. Parents, be aware that not only are you a model for your children, but in some fashions they are models for you— taking life easy, with a spirit of adventure. Encourage your kids to be kids!”

Joy Wonder Parenting Role Models Life Purpose Quotes Take It Easy Spirit Of Adventure Learning From Children Proud Parent

Book:Finding Fatherhood

Source: Finding Fatherhood

“In the at least three-thousand-year-old struggle between Pentheus and Dionysus— between popes and dancing peasants, between Puritans and carnival-goers, between missionaries and the practitioners of indigenous ecstatic danced religions — Pentheus and his allies seem to have finally prevailed. Not only has the possibility of collective joy been largely marginalized to the storefront churches of the poor and the darkened clubs frequented by the young, but the very source of this joy—other people, including strangers—no longer holds much appeal.”

Joy Dancing

Book:Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy

Source: Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy