A noun that describes the feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
As quoted by Mother Teresa,
Joy is prayer
Joy is strength
Joy is love
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls
A lovely soul,Yoshiko is so kind to share with us her favourite Christmas song during this year and thus making this post possible.
Joy to the World is a popular American Christmas song which emphasizes the reverent but ecstatic joy that Christ’s birth brought to humanity.The text was originally titled “The Messiah’s Coming and Kingdom”when it first appeared in a hymnal of 1719 by Isaac Watts but only the second half of Watt’s lyrics are still used today.
The music for this popular carol is thought to have been adapted by Lowell Mason, an American church musician, from some of the phrases used in parts of George Frederick Handel’s beloved oratorio.
As of the late 20th century, “Joy to the World” was the most-published Christmas hymn in North America.
In the 1970s, there is a different song of the same title, popularized by the pop group Three Dog Night. The song is also popularly known by its opening words, “Jeremiah was a bullfrog”.
The song, which has been described by members of Three Dog Night as a “kid’s song” and a “silly song”, topped the main singles charts in North America.
This resulted in occasional recordings in which the pop song’s lyrics and melody were combined with that of the carol.
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
Let us not go around looking for happiness or joy since it is not something to be found but a source within us awaiting to be spread around.
Furthermore, just like what Mother Teresa said, joy is a net of love which can catch souls, well this may sound a little funny but I do sincerely hope all lovely souls out there who are now reading this post to be caught by it…hehehe…
Before ending this post, here’s the song by the Three Dog Night to share with all you lovely souls out there:
The light won’t grow any dimmer if I light yours off mine.
~ Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the front man of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith.
THREE
What will remain is neither you nor me
but what we shared among each other.
~ Santosh Kalwar
Santosh Kalwaris a poet, writer and researcher who writes in English.
FOUR
The heart dances with joy when you’re sharing.
~ Debasish Mridha
Debasish Mridha is a neurologist who practices general neurology in Michigan, USA.
FIVE
Talent is always conscious of its abundance,
and does not object to sharing.
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsynwas a Russian novelist, historian, and critic of Soviet totalitarianism. He helped to raise global awareness of the gulag and the Soviet Union’s forced labor camp system.
John Griffith “Jack” Londonwas an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.
TEN
Love only grows by sharing.
You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.
~ Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy is the Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.
We do hope all lovely souls out there will enjoy the ten quotes that we’ve shared in this post.
If you lovely souls have been with us for the past two years, you already knew that my favourite Christmas song is Jingle Bell Rock.
Do you have any favourite Christmas song or quotes about sharing to share with us? If yes, our comment box is always there waiting for your lovely input!
It has been a while since our last post(s) in both of our blogs.
No worries, I am still around to blog and sell.
However, if you’ve been visiting our humble blogs and online shop, you may notice that there isn’t any much blog updating or new product listings during the past few weeks.
This is mainly due to my recent relapse and thus I was not able to do much but to rest.
I am not sure how long it will take for the pain to go away, but as long as I am able to sit up straight (like now), I will continue with my reading, blogging and selling.
Thank you so much for being with us despite all the slow update.
❤ Muahk!!! ❤
Today, instead of colourful flowers, let’s go green by sharing 10 cactus photos from Lovable…
It has been weeks since the first part of this post and without further adieu, we are sharing another three more photos taken when Lovable Mum was visiting the Gardens by The Bay in year 2013:
Hope you lovely souls out there enjoy reading this post!
Have a beautiful and wonderful weekend ahead, always!
During a sharing session that I’ve attended during last Saturday, someone shared this very inspiring poem written by Portia Nelson.
Since it is such an inspiring and enlightening poem, I would love to take this opportunity to share with all you lovely souls out there who have been with us in this post after our recent long silence:
Autobiography In Five Short Chapters
Portia Nelson
*****
Chapter 1
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in. I am lost….I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
*****
Chapter 2
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the side walk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
*****
Chapter 3
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I fall in…it’s a habit…but my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
*****
Chapter 4
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
*****
Chapter 5
I walk down a different street.
Ahhh…those darn deep holes in our life…do they sound like a familiar place to you?
I’ve fallen, many times before, without knowing
I’ve fallen, many more times before, knowing very clearly that I would need to get out via the hard way
Those were done during my younger days. thinking that I still have many days ahead to waste
At this stage of my life
I might need to fall into them a few more times, without knowing
But I need to get rid of this bad habit, so that I can walk around them with my head held high
For getting rid of this bad habit may make me wiser than before
Wise enough to help myself discover many more streets to walk down
Before ending this post, this is a soundtrack from the movie “Evita” (one of the few movies that I had watched in cinemas) to share with you lovely soul out there.
I simply love the tune of this song and though the lyrics sounded really sad, it is also very enlightening as well.
May you lovely souls enjoy the poem and song that we’ve shared in this post.
December 19, 2014
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