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The Search For Joy
The greater the outward show, the greater the inward poverty. — Krishnamurti
“Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself. If you do, it will take you where you need to go, but more important, it will teach you a kindness of rhythm in your journey.”
~John O’Donohue
“To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.”
~Bill Watterson
“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.”
~Daniel Defoe
“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”
~Walt Whitman
“Joy is the emotional expression of the courageous YES to one’s own true being.”
~Paul Tillich
I’ve spent my life solving inherited problems that took the form of challenges — such as: Can I make art?, Can I have a good marriage?, Can I live in another culture and function normally? (especially linguistically).
Why should those things be paramount? They just seemed to have been bred in the bone for me. For most of my life, I never questioned them. That was just the path I…
