Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

There is no hope of joy

except in human relations.

-- Antoine de Saint Exupery

Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

It is hard to imagine being really joyful and excited without our family and friends. We can imagine a birthday party with no one but us attending.

Even if we got many gifts, we would feel empty if there were no one around to share our excitement with.

Our joy comes from each other. Even the hard times furnish us with wonderful memories for later in life.

We share the good and the bad, and the rewards of both.

When our lives together seem too difficult, when it's too hard to share, too crowded to think, when there are too many disagreements, we can find comfort by looking at one another once again and seeing all the ways we are truly alike, and what we share every moment that we sometimes take for granted -- our food, our thoughts, the very air we breathe.

One is happy as a result of one's own efforts,

tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point,

love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience.

Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain.

-- George Sand

"We always go get a hot fudge sundae after the school choir concert," the girl said. Her parents laughed because their daughter said always, and they had only gone to a school choir concert once.

Then the parents realized that the girl really had a great idea.

"Yes," the mother said, "we always get a sundae because we like to make up new traditions. We'll have to be sure and do it tonight so we don't let the tradition fall apart before it even gets started!"

They all laughed together and started debating which restaurant had the best hot fudge sundae.

We all need to have special traditions with our families. We need celebrations that have nothing to do with official holidays.

Family holidays can mean so much more to us sometimes because they celebrate our shared experiences in life and become the source of happy memories for a lifetime.

The house, the stars, the desert --

what gives them their beauty is something

that is invisible.

-- Antoine de Saint Exupery

What makes our home special?

Is it the shape of it, or whether or not we have carpeting?

Probably not.

More likely, what makes us love a place is how we feel when we are there.

Home is the familiarity of pleasant smells, activities, and special people.

And when we are caught by the beauty of the stars, isn't it something that happens inside us -- the breathtaking feeling of joy that is so hard to describe?

The beauty of a day or a special person in our lives cannot be captured, but it can fill and warm our hearts.

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10/25/2024