#jo

I alternate between thinking of the planet as home - dear and familiar stone hearth and garden - and as a hard land of exile in which we are all sojourners. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#life #sojourn #life

I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table." Macbeth ↗

— William Shakespeare

#joy #life #party #shakespeare #toast

There is nothing dreary or doubtful about (the life). It is meant to be continually joyful...We are called to a settled happiness in the Lord whose joy is our strength. ↗

— Amy Carmichael

#joy #life

Tiap orang harus berani mengembara, mematangkan diri, memetik tiap pengalaman menjadi guru, yang akan memberi makna hidup lebih dalam, dan boleh pulang kelak, bila ia sudah cukup paham akan apa arti hidup. Dan itu semua hanya akan diperoleh di tempat yang jauh dari kampung halaman, yang tak pernah punya janji masa depan. ↗

— Mohamad Sobary

#life

The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#happiness #joy #practice #work #life

I was so happy to be out of there. “Barabas, if you weren’t batting for the other team, I’d marry you.” He grinned. “If I weren’t batting for the other team, I would accept your proposal. You had me at ‘No comment.’ If all my clients were this smart, my life would be much easier. Much, much easier. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#gratitude #lawyer-jokes #humor

And so taking the long way home through the market I slow my pace down. It doesn't come naturally. My legs are programmed to trot briskly and my arms to pump up and down like pistons, but I force myself to stroll past the stalls and pavement cafes. To enjoy just being somewhere, rather than rushing from somewhere, to somewhere. Inhaling deep lungfuls of air, instead of my usual shallow breaths. I take a moment to just stop and look around me. And smile to myself. For the first time in a long time, I can, quite literally, smell the coffee. ↗

— Alexandra Potter

#enjoy-life #inspirational #live-life-in-the-moment #no-stress #relax

Be careful with too much joy, it can make you numb in life. ↗

— Toba Beta

#numb #too-much-joy #life

I've been passionate about two things in my life. One was Christina Alibrandi. The other is Josephine Alibrandi. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#michael #life

Everything is so fragile. There's so much conflict, so much pain...you keep waiting for the dust to settle and then you realize this is it; the dust is your life going on. If happy comes along--that weird, unbearable delight that's actual happy--I think you have to grab it while you can. You take what you can get, 'cause it's here, and then...gone. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#joss-whedon #shadowcat #life