“When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.” SelfStatesJoyEnjoySimpleLevelsDealsSelf EsteemEmotionalHealthyDown AndEsteemSlow DownEmotional HealthSimple Joys Author:Jess C Scott
“You are moving in and out of different advanced states of mind through your practice of meditation and mindfulness. It's that level of excellence that gives you joy in life, not the fact that you won or lost.” GivingMindDifferentStatesFactsMovingJoyLostLevelsPracticeMeditationBuddhismMindfulnessExcellenceState Of MindMoving In Author:Frederick Lenz
“Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy.” GivingWellsArtSoulEndsPainJoyCoursesLevelsCommonBrainKnownFantasyDevelopmentArt IsProfessionPersonal DevelopmentPursuitCommon SenseUglinessDiploma Author:Robert Genn
“The best gift you can ever give your mentor is to grow. They feed off your growth. I believe that everyone has the seed of success inside, but too many people can't find it in themselves and as a result do not reach their potential. But there are those whose purpose in life is to fertilize the seed of potential in another, who are rewarded by seeing that person grow and blossom before their eyes. Raising up others to a higher level is a mentor's joy and sustenance.” PeopleGivingBelievePersonsEyeLife IsJoyPurposeI BelieveGrowsGrowthLevelsResultsSeeingHigherSeedsPurpose Of LifeMentorHigher LevelSustenanceBest Gift Author:John C. Maxwell
“The profession of shaman has many advantages. It offers high status with a safe livelihood free of work in the dreary, sweaty sense. In most societies it offers legal privileges and immunities not granted to other men. But it is hard to see how a man who has been given a mandate from on High to spread tidings of joy to all mankind can be seriously interested in taking up a collection to pay his salary; it causes one to suspect that the shaman is on the moral level of any other con man. But it is a lovely work if you can stomach it.” IfsMenHas BeensHardJoyReligionGivenCausesLevelsPayMoralMankindOffersSafeAdvantagePrivilegeSpreadProfessionLovelyGrantedCollectionsSuspectsStomachSalaryMandatesLivelihoodDrearyImmunityTidings Book:Time Enough for Love Source: Time Enough for Love
“It is not morbidity which draws crowds to scenes of disaster or unusual joy. It is the desire to participate in a moment when life breaks through to some higher level of intensity so that one's own life might take fire from that sudden spurted flame.” MomentsMightJoyDesireLevelsBreakFireHigherSceneDrawsCrowdsDisasterFlamesIntensityUnusualBreak ThroughHigher LevelMorbidity Author:Maya Deren
“Every cell in our body has the capacity to hold infinity. Let us tap the full potential that nature has bestowed on us, the potential to hold infinity in every cell of the body. For that, we must practice meditation regularly. Then our physiology undergoes a change and every cell in the body is filled with prana - life force. As the level of prana in the body rises, we bubble with joy.” BodyJoyForceLevelsPracticeMeditationCapacityFilledCellsInfinityBubblesFull PotentialPhysiologyPrana Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“Just as thoughts, send out vibrations to which there is a creative and attractive power, gratitude stimulates the field of etheric energy that surrounds you on a subtle level to bring into your life more of what brings you joy.” JoyEnergyLevelsCreativeFieldsGratitudeAttractiveSubtleSurroundVibrations Author:Genevieve
“I felt, as a lawyer, when I was mentoring and working with kids, that I gained a level of groundedness that I just couldn't get sitting on the forty-seventh floor of a fancy firm. Selfishly, it gives me joy - it makes me feel like my life has a purpose.” GivingFeelsKidsJoyPurposeFeltLevelsSittingGive MeLawyerFirmFancyFortyMentoringGroundedness Author:Michelle Obama
“Godly people... nobly endure hard things. They know that their existence is meaningful and that they are destined for unlimited pleasure at the deepest level in heaven. Because they keenly feel that nothing now quite meets the standards of their longing souls, the quiet but deeply throbbing ache within them drives them not to compalint, but to anticipation and further yieldedness.” PeopleKnowsFeelsSoulHardJoySufferingHeavenPleasureLevelsExistenceQuietStandardsLongingEndureMeaningfulAnticipationUnlimitedGodlyDestinedAcheHard Things Author:Larry Crabb
“At the highest level of awareness, the greatest gift given and received when you give someone flowers, is the joy of living a life based on love.” GivingJoyGivenLevelsAwarenessFlowerHighestGreatest GiftsJoy Of Living Author:Marianne Williamson
“True healing must come first at the Soul level... prayer aligns our souls with God... By aligning ourselves with God - this highest possible state of unconditional love, joy, and wholeness - we can overcome anything, be healed of all afflictions.” FirstsSoulStatesPastJoyPrayerLevelsHealingHighestOvercomingUnconditional LoveWholenessAfflictionUnconditionalHealedPast Life Author:Rosemary Ellen Guiley