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Duchess · 08-20-2010, 09:26 PM

Joy Cometh in the Morning

by D. A. Boskovich
© 1998

The clouds may endure for a whileBringing forth their dismal rain;But then the rainbow appears--The beauty comes after the pain.The darkness may come in the eveningWith all the terrors of the night,But then cometh the morning,Bringing with it the light.Weeping may endure for the night,And sorrow may continue for long,But joy cometh in the morningAfer the sting is gone.Joy alone can come from sufferingAnd courage is born of fear,Though your path be strewn with evils,Remember--the light is near.

2myladyblue · 08-20-2010, 09:54 PM

This day has been magical. I have been with three friends, one at a time, and I have learned that friends can transform you. The first held me up so I could see. My second friend made me gentle and earnest. The third friend turned me into a clown, a gesturer, a creator of quips. My friends don't know what they have done today. It's nothing to them, they do it so often. I expect I must also cause a change in them. And so we--each a separate we--exist only in each other's presence.

chefhottie25 · 08-20-2010, 10:58 PM

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
Michel Foucault

Jesse · 08-20-2010, 11:05 PM

"Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities, and so on."
- Dalai Lama

Ms. Meander · 08-21-2010, 11:29 AM

I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music. It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips.
~Violette Leduc, Mad in Pursuit

JakeTulane · 08-21-2010, 01:06 PM

“Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... WOW! What a ride!” - Unknown

JakeTulane · 08-21-2010, 01:07 PM

“Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends” - Joseph Campbell

JakeTulane · 08-21-2010, 01:08 PM

“If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” - Henry Miller

Laerkin · 08-21-2010, 02:09 PM

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.” – Howard Thurman

jenny · 08-21-2010, 02:39 PM

"I urge you all today, especially today during these times of chaos and war, to love yourself without reservations and to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather." — Margaret Cho

BestButchBoy · 08-21-2010, 11:24 PM

“Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have always known it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek”

~Tom Robbins

Jesse · 08-22-2010, 12:07 AM

I've been working on my bike today, so my quotes tonight will follow suit...

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. ~Christopher Morley

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
~H. G. Wells

For instance, the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon.
~Bill Strickland

Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.
~H.G. Wells

JakeTulane · 08-22-2010, 08:15 AM

"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force." - Tom Blandi

JakeTulane · 08-22-2010, 08:17 AM

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King

JakeTulane · 08-22-2010, 08:18 AM

"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits." - Thomas Jefferson

Spirit Dancer · 08-22-2010, 08:36 AM

If you make friends with people who are without character, your own character will tarnish as well.
Anon

Friendship inspires and enriches the lives
of those who come together.

Vimala Thakar

No people are happier on this earth than those who have friends with whom they can talk, with whom they can live, with whom they can have a friendly chat.
Hitopadesa

No friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

Francois Mauriac

BestButchBoy · 08-22-2010, 04:33 PM

"Cool is taking chances that most other people won’t. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. It often works more than it doesn’t. When it doesn’t, you make no apologies for it. Cool is saying ‘I tried’. Win or lose, your mission always remains the same.

~Mark VV

Mister Bent · 08-22-2010, 04:37 PM

"The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."

- unknown

always2late · 08-22-2010, 05:51 PM

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention. - Greg Anderson

Laerkin · 08-22-2010, 06:16 PM

"Everybody has a purpose in life, even if it's just to serve as a really bad example."

~W. McM Chalmers.

08-20-2010, 09:26 PM	#3641
Duchess Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Absolute Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Toe curling :-) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,382 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,792 Thanked 5,592 Times in 1,521 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	*Joy Cometh in the Morning* by D. A. Boskovich © 1998 The clouds may endure for a whileBringing forth their dismal rain;But then the rainbow appears--The beauty comes after the pain.The darkness may come in the eveningWith all the terrors of the night,But then cometh the morning,Bringing with it the light.Weeping may endure for the night,And sorrow may continue for long,But joy cometh in the morningAfer the sting is gone.Joy alone can come from sufferingAnd courage is born of fear,Though your path be strewn with evils,Remember--the light is near. __________________ *無料のライブ*

08-20-2010, 09:54 PM	#3642
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	from Notes on Love and Courage by Hugh Prather This day has been magical. I have been with three friends, one at a time, and I have learned that friends can transform you. The first held me up so I could see. My second friend made me gentle and earnest. The third friend turned me into a clown, a gesturer, a creator of quips. My friends don't know what they have done today. It's nothing to them, they do it so often. I expect I must also cause a change in them. And so we--each a separate we--exist only in each other's presence. __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

08-20-2010, 11:05 PM	#3644
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,783 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	"Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities, and so on." - Dalai Lama __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

08-21-2010, 11:29 AM	#3645
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,218 Times in 1,148 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	because it's not over yet: I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music. It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips. ~Violette Leduc, Mad in Pursuit __________________ My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. - Maya Angelou

08-21-2010, 02:39 PM	#3650
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08-20-2010, 10:58 PM	#3643
chefhottie25 Member How Do You Identify?: boi Preferred Pronoun?: hy Relationship Status: happily taken Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: ohio Posts: 1,406 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26 Thanked 890 Times in 478 Posts Rep Power: 1175217	What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life. Michel Foucault

08-21-2010, 01:06 PM	#3646
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08-21-2010, 01:07 PM	#3647
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	“Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends” - Joseph Campbell

08-21-2010, 01:08 PM	#3648
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	“If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” - Henry Miller

08-21-2010, 02:09 PM	#3649
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08-21-2010, 11:24 PM	#3651
BestButchBoy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Male ID Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,925 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 406 Thanked 5,451 Times in 2,037 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	“Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have always known it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek” ~Tom Robbins

08-22-2010, 12:07 AM	#3652
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,783 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I've been working on my bike today, so my quotes tonight will follow suit... The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. ~Christopher Morley Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. ~H. G. Wells For instance, the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon. ~Bill Strickland Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia. ~H.G. Wells __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

08-22-2010, 08:15 AM	#3653
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force." - Tom Blandi Last edited by JakeTulane; 08-22-2010 at 08:45 AM.

08-22-2010, 08:17 AM	#3654
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King

08-22-2010, 08:18 AM	#3655
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits." - Thomas Jefferson

08-22-2010, 08:36 AM	#3656
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,941 Times in 3,467 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	G~ If you make friends with people who are without character, your own character will tarnish as well. Anon Friendship inspires and enriches the lives of those who come together. Vimala Thakar No people are happier on this earth than those who have friends with whom they can talk, with whom they can live, with whom they can have a friendly chat. Hitopadesa No friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. Francois Mauriac __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

08-22-2010, 04:33 PM	#3657
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08-22-2010, 04:37 PM	#3658
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08-22-2010, 05:51 PM	#3659
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08-22-2010, 06:16 PM	#3660
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