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"In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window. And then another: my daughter in a yellow dress. And another: the perfect outline of a full, dark sphere behind the crescent moon. Until I learned to be in love with my life again. Like a stroke victim retraining new parts of the brain to grasp lost skills, I have taught myself joy, over and over again(15)."
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"Deriving truth from joy may be far more easier than generating joy from the truth."
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"Life is a dance dream."
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"Whatever fills your heart with joy and fills your mind with love--that is your truth of love."
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"People lose their enthusiasm and disengage for a variety of reasons. It can be due to boredom, disinterest, rejection, apathy, overwhelm, or exhaustion. Once a person begins to disengage, the tendency can bleed over into other areas of their life and disconnect them from what would actually bring them joy."
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"Share your happiness with others-its contagious!"
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"Do not delay your happiness, be glad in the moment."
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"If you desire a joyful heart, dance daily."
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"To celebrate man is to celebrate God."
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"To find the joy of life, let us love our life unconditionally."
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"To feel the joy too much:let us trust too much,let us love too much, let us hope too muchand let us belong too much."
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"In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window. And then another: my daughter in a yellow dress. And another: the perfect outline of a full, dark sphere behind the crescent moon. Until I learned to be in love with my life again. Like a stroke victim retraining new parts of the brain to grasp lost skills, I have taught myself joy, over and over again(15)."
Joy
"It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer."
Courage
"People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own."
Behavior
"Why does a person spend money on a stamp to spout bile at a stranger?"
Behavior
"This is what it means to be alone: everyone is connected to everyone else, their bodies are a bright liquid life flowing around you, sharing a single heart that drives them to move all together. If the shark comes they will all escape, and leave you to be eaten."
Loneliness
"It lasted just a moment, whatever that is. One held breath? An ant's afternoon? It was brief, I can promise that much, for although it's been many years now since my children ruled my life, a mother recalls the measure of the silences."
Motherhood
"Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side. Betrayal is a friend I have known a long time, a two-faced goddess looking forward and back with a clear, earnest suspicion of good fortune."
Betrayal
"Everyone should get dirt on his hands each day. Doctors, intellectuals. Politicians, most of all. How can we presume to uplift the life of the working man, if we don't respect his work?"
Labor
"Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history."
Legacy
"Move on. Walk forward into the light."
Renewal
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