Too Much Joy

The book of Philippians is written while Paul is in prison. While there, he writes his thanks and appreciation to the four Philippians: Timothy, Epaphroditus, Euodia, and Syntyche. He gives thanks to each of them and expresses his deep appreciation of their love for Christ and their sharings of support to Paul’s ministry. In Philippians 2:21 Paul speaks upon the ones who only look out for the interest of themselves, but not of Christ first. While on the other hand Timothy as Paul states, “But…

Leslie Marmon Silko and Joy Harjo are both female Native American writers. Each of the authors’ works contain reoccurring themes, but their styles of writing differ greatly. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a dream as “joy, pleasure, gladness; mirth, rejoicing, jubilation; an instance of this,” (Oxford English Dictionary). For Harjo, the dream world is very real and she even experiences living in it. Joy Harjo is a poet, while Leslie Marmon Silko writes mainly short stories. Harjo’s…

and, at the same time, celebrate and acknowledge the joyful differences. In 2012, Winifred Robinson, a BBC Radio presenter and journalist, shared her thoughts on the joys of teenage boys which, I think, are really pertinent today. A shared opinion is that boisterous, uninhibited, loyal boys are in reality a joyful contrast to the too often reported stereotype of the stroppy, self-conscious, selfish and self-indulgent adolescent stereotype. The essence of what it is to be a teenage boy is…

(179 Similarly to Lewis Blamires saw that longing was not an end within itself, but rather an indicator of joy as given to us by C.S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia: If the dreams and longings of youth did not lose their edge and their delight, but moved to culmination in a final, though finite, satisfaction, we should have less cause to know our homelessness on earth. Because they lose their intrinsic joy, we know our earthly dreams and longings for what they are, the pointers to…

certain people had success in their life and some individuals have a failure. It explained the differences of the smart successful man and the smart man who failed and why. Outlier gave examples of many men who succeeded or failed in life such Bill Joy, Bill Gates and Chris Langan. These individuals according to Outliers got ahead by having opportunities, Economic, Social, cultural capital and whether or not they had the opportunities available to be successful. Economic capital refers to the…

we all can find God in times of our lives like that. When I was weakest, I found Gods strength instead of turning to find something to fulfill the emptiness. The world gives us joy, but it does not last for long. God gives us an everlasting joy when we find ourselves in Him, and not just in his blessings. The greatest joy is loving a God who loves you, not just loving a God to bless…

always remember the lessons learned from it. After being taken seven years ago, Joy and her five-year-old son, live in a claustrophobic soundproof shed in their capturers’ back yard. Being raped every night for years with no one else aware, Joy needs her son’s help for them to make it into the world. Stuck in the shed with nothing but a skylight to look out of, a television with fuzzy reception, and being extensively bored, Joy tries every escape plan she could to save their lives. “Room” is a…

The cello has given me the chance to experience happiness that other activities that would have never given me. One joy that the cello has given me is the joy of knowing that you actually accomplished something because of the hard work that you put in. The events known as Solo and Ensemble and Region Orchestra are prime examples of what has allowed me to enjoy this feeling of happiness…

If you are interested into books that smoothly going step by step through the plot, “The Joy Luck Club” is possibly not your favorite book style. At the beginning, Amy Tan’s writing style seems like disconnected and even a little confusion. But when keep on reading, you might realize that is one of the beautiful things about this book. It's not going to give you a single story that goes straightforward from the beginning to the end. Instead, the novel is about performing the experience of a…

individual’s identity is based off of one’s self-acceptance as it allows one to discover new traits that have the power to shape their current values and self-image (The Need for a Sense of Identity). In the novel, My Sister’s Keeper, and the movie, Joy, the protagonists undergo the development of their identity as they journey on the pathway of self-realization of one’s true inner self. This is shown through their defiance to their…