A brief followup to yesterday’s post on singer Susan Boyle:
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
— W.T. Grenfell
A sidenote of interest: while searching for a photo that would capture what I wanted to convey about true joy, almost all of the images I came across showed people with their arms raised upward. Something about true joy seems to cause an upward thrust of our body — and, I would say, spirit as well. Why is that? What is this seemingly universal gesture of reaching upwards and out to express joy? What are we reaching for?
Oh, my goodness, what a fantastic photo! I feel happier just looking at it 🙂
I love that photo…the reflection is great too in it…
Thanks gals. It is not a photo I took, but I love it too! It expressed what I wanted to share so completely.