Saturday, March 5, 2011

Ode to Joy!


















Article & photos by Margalit Ward

What can I say, I just couldn't help myself.


With the launch of our new Balancing Motherhood women's group this week, (what a wonderful group of powerful, committed and inspiring women. Wow!) and this beautiful spring like morning in sunny LA, my heart was bursting with gratitude and joy for all the blessings in my life and I wanted to share some of it with you.


Here are a few of my favorite quotes about the JOY of life!


"Joy is
not in things, it is in us." -Richard Wagner

"Ecstasy is a full, deep involvement in life."
–John Lowel

"It is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen." –Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Joy delights in Joy." –William Shakespeare


"I've never seen a smiling fa
ce that was not beautiful." –Unknown

"To love what you do and feel that it matters –how could anything be more fun?
" –Katherine Graham

"Enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place... the opportunity to do good work, t
o fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball, to bounce a baby." –Alistair Cooke

"Love many things." –Vincent Van Gogh


"Joy is increased by spreading it to others." –Robert Murray

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our soul blossom." –Marcel Proust


Making a clear intention of experiencing greater happiness and joy, or any other quality, is the first step in creating more of it. Choose to create joy in your life today. Laugh. Play. Breath. Enjoy this moment. Reach out to others, and do the things you love. Your happiness today is the gift you can give to yourself. Enjoy!


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