Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!
Whose lenient sorrows find relief, whose joys are chastened by their grief.
All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into bread and butter.
I had to learn how to change my thinking because I can really get caught up in not liking my body. It can turn into obsession and it can be really bad. I think that when that rules your life then you miss the joys of life.
All my songs instinctively erupted from my guitar and lyrical visions followed the spirit of the music, bot image wise and rhythmical cadence wise. It remains one of life's greatest joys to this day.
The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world.
Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green.
Our present tears here, not our present laughter Are but the handsells of our joys hereafter.
General anxiety is the bridge between the manic joys of creation, exploration, new revelations, professional acceptance and reward, and the depression of self-critique, professional rejection and stagnation. All are part of the roller coaster ride of an artist's life.
The pleasures arising from a right understanding of the divine testimonies are of the most delightful order; earthly enjoyments are utterly contemptible if compared with them. The sweetest joys, yea, the sweetest of the sweetest falls to his portion who has God's truth to be his heritage.
Freedom has its dangers as well as its joys. And the sooner we learn to get up after a fall, the better off we'll be.