“The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.” FirstsLittlesRealBeautifulJoyLinesMy OwnFiveSceneWorking ItCrashHere And ThereReally MeanArcsVignettes Author:Michael Pena
“The work I do to let go of my suffering diminishes the suffering of the whole universe. When I have room for my own pain, I have room for the pain of others. Only then can I be transformed into joy. As I heal, the Earth heals.” WholeEarthPainJoySufferingUniverseMy OwnRoomsHealingLetting GoHealTransformedDiminish Author:Christiane Northrup
“There is nothing--no circumstance, no trouble, no testing--that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose, which I may not understand at the moment. But as I refuse to become panicky, as I lift up my eyes to Him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart, no sorrow will ever disturb me, no circumstance will cause me to fret, for I shall rest in the joy of what my Lord is--that is the rest of victory!” IfsLoveFirstsHeartMaySoulMomentsGodEyeChristianPastJoyPurposeJesusCausesUnderstandingChristMy OwnAcceptingLordGoneTroubleAcceptanceBecomingVictoryCircumstancesSorrowBlessingRefuseChristian InspirationalLiftsTouchingTrust In GodThronesPastorTestingCommitment To GodConfidence In GodGod Within UsTouch MeGod Is In ControlGod Works In Mysterious Ways Author:Alan Redpath
“The piano is always true to me. In times of despair, happiness, and joy, its mood is always my own.” JoyMy OwnDespairMoodPianoJoy And Happiness Author:Bradley Joseph
“Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told them he must go away. Though they could not understand it at the time, his departure was for their benefit. The same is true of the unexpected setbacks and tragedies we experience in this life...When I consider the times when I have been confounded by events that seemed so contrary to what I thought God wanted for me, I should be mindful that they were permitted by the Lord's inscrutable providence for my own good, as difficult as that might be to fathom.” ShouldHas BeensMightWantedJoyTurnsJesusFeltDifficultMy OwnLordImagineEventsSorrowBenefitsTragedyContraryThis LifeShockUnexpectedGoing AwayProvidenceApostlesSetbackDepartureFathomBewildermentInscrutable Author:Patrick Madrid
“My own lov'd light, That very soft and solemn spirit worships, That lovers love so well--strange joy is thine, Whose influence o'er all tides of soul hath power, Who lend'st thy light to rapture and despair; The glow of hope and wan hue of sick fancy Alike reflect thy rays: alike thou lightest The path of meeting or of parting love-- Alike on mingling or on breaking hearts Thou smil'st in throned beauty!” WellsHeartSoulLightJoySpiritMy OwnPathInfluenceStrangeLoversMoonDespairWorshipSickMeetingsFancyRaysTidesSolemnPartingRaptureHeart BreakHueMinglingLovers Love Author:Charles Robert Maturin
“I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of singing.” JoyHumanityMy OwnImagineCallingSingingSatisfyingCathartic Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer
“Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.. Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary."” MindStatesSpiritualJoyOpportunityMy OwnAbilitySelf ImprovementImprovementCelebrateFulfillmentContributionSincereState Of MindSelfless Author:Tony Robbins
“Then, though I prize my friends, I cannot afford to talk with them and study their visions, lest I lose my own. It would indeed give me a certain household joy to quit this lofty seeking, this spiritual astronomy, or search of stars, and come down to warm sympathies with you; but then I know well I shall mourn always the vanishing of my mighty gods.” KnowsGivingWellsSpiritualJoyCertainStarsFriendshipLosesMy OwnVisionStudyFriendsMy FriendsGive MeSeekingWarmQuittingAstronomyPrizeHouseholdMournLoftyMighty GodVanishing Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“This is my religion ... joy and exaltation in my own existence ... so go ahead and snarl ... bite ... howl, you Calvinistic divines and all you who say I am no Christian. I say you are not Christian.” ChristianJoyReligionMy OwnExistenceAtheismDivineBitesHowlExaltation Author:John Adams
“So just to be truthful to my own sensibility, I need to acknowledge that the season is not all joy and light for a lot of people. It's tough - environmentally, emotionally, spiritually.” PeopleNeedsLightJoyMy OwnToughSeasonsChristmasAcknowledgeTruthfulSensibilityBeing Truthful Author:Sting