57. Joy–A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.  It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. ~Rachel Carson

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He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.  ~Job 8:21

47. If the sight of blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. ~Eleanora Duse

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A blooming redbud tree is a thing of beauty in and of itself, but looking up through its branches to glimpse a blue sky, is a double measure of joy poured out for the onlooker.  Such things should stop anyone from letting a day pass by without thanking the Lord for the blessing of color and of sight.

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.  ~Psalm 118:24

45. When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself, Yes indeed, all that belongs to me! ~Henri Rousseau

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This is where your life has arrived,
After all the years of effort and toil;
Look back with graciousness and thanks
On all your great and quiet achievements.
You stand on the shore of new invitation
To open your life to what is left undone;
Let your heart enjoy a different rhythm
When drawn to the wonder of other horizons.
~John O’Donohue

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. . .  ~Ecclesiastes 3:1

43. I believe in pink.  I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.  I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.  I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.  I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.  I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. ~Audrey Hepburn

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You are a miracle, blessed and chosen to fulfill a divine destiny.  Listen to the still, small voice inside and come into all that you are meant to be.

What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.  Job 22:28

42. Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle … a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl.  And the anticipation nurtures our dream. ~Barbara Winkler

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Let the miracle that you are come into the light and unfurl.  It is ordained that it should be so, and the Lord has anointed you for the task.

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.      ~1 John 2:20