“All who Joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a twin.” Lord Byron I don’t know when I first heard the saying, “Shared joy is twice the joy, shared sorrow is half the sorrow,” but I have personally experienced the truth of it. One time when I was home sick from school and was watching television, something funny happened and I laughed. But it sounded so hollow, no one else was there to laugh with me. I could not share how funny it was with anyone. Since then I recall a particularly touching Super Bowl commercial. It showed a Clydesdale horse and the man that trained him when he was only a colt. The room full of people all said “Ahhh” in unison at the end of the commercial. Even after the football game was over we were still enjoying it as we recalled our favorite commercial. These two episodes were years apart, but they both stick in my mind…one because of the hollow dissatisfaction I felt, the other because of the happiness I continued to experience hours and even days later.
Are there times when you have experienced a hollow dissatisfaction? Can you remember times when you’ve been able to share your joy and been able to repeatedly relive the happiness with others? What can you do going forward that can increase your happiness quotient? Lord, thank You for the way you made us, to enjoy each other rather than live the life of a hermit. Amen “You are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” Luke 15:31b-32 What are your thoughts? Libby Note: Lord Byron (1788-1824), British Poet most known for Don Juan (one of the most important long poems published in England since John Milton’s Paradise Lost), Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, and “She Walks in Beauty.” Byron also joined the Greek War of Independence and is still celebrated as a Greek national hero to this day.
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WelcomeI love the wisdom of the ages gleaned from relevant quotes. In them there is a connection to the human experience that crosses all borders. Join me as I relate my personal experiences, and link the wisdom of the quote to the Source of all wisdom: God's Word, the Bible. Enjoy, Libby Categories
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