Sharing the Ascension Experience
Definitions: (1) characterizes a time or attitude of happy celebration and rejoicing; (2) spontaneously expressing joy; triumphant; exultant Quotes:• I cried when I was born and I shall die laughing. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj [born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli] (1897–1981) Indian guru• We can all learn to live jubilantly. We can all learn to alter our attitudes so that … Read more
Definition: feeling, expressing, or causing a very glad feeling; happiness; grateful pleasure; delight Synonyms: ecstasy, exultation, rapture, muditā <the joy coming from other people’s well-being> Quotes:• To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. — Mark Twain [born Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) Puddin’head Wilson• The more in harmony … Read more
Definition: good-humored; good-natured; convivial; playful; joyous Derivation: Under the influence of Jove or Jupiter, the chief Roman god. Quotes:• Be jovial, not trivial. — Debasish Mridha (~1970’s) American physician & philosopher• I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there … Read more
Definitions: (1) full of life and mirth; jovial; lively; (2) expressing, inspiring, or exciting frivolity and gaiety; (3) cheerfully festive; (4) delightful; charming Synonyms: gaiety, joyous, merry, sportive, sprightly Quote: It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like … Read more
Definition: feeling, expressing, or causing a very glad feeling; happiness; grateful pleasure; delight Synonyms: ecstasy, exultation, rapture, muditā <the joy coming from other people’s well-being> Quotes:• To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. — Mark Twain [born Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) Puddin’head Wilson {1893}• The more in … Read more
Definitions: (1) given to jesting; habitually jolly; merry; (2) containing jokes; joshing; sportive; playful; witty Poetry:When the green woods laugh with the voice of joyAnd the dimpling stream runs laughing byWhen the air does laugh with our merry witAnd the green hill laughs with the noise of it.— William Blake (1757-1827) English poet Quotes:• People who think they … Read more
Definitions: (1) high spirited; easy in manner or bearing; airy, sprightly; perky; lighthearted; (2) stylish; chic Derivation: French, “gentle, genteel” Compatible Qualities: clever, sure-footed Quotes:• Imaginary time is a new dimension, at right angles to ordinary, real time. — Stephen William Hawking (1942–2018) English theoretical physicist• A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it … Read more
Definitions: (1) superior to opposition; (2) too attractive or tempting to be resisted; enticing; alluring Quotes:• Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. — Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) American poet• When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. — Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian lawyer & peacemaker
Definitions: (1) curious and deliberate in research; (2) the action or process of searching minutely for truth, facts, or principles; (3) a careful inquiry to discover the unknown in the physical or moral world either by observation and experiment or by logic and discussion Derivation: Latin, “to clothe” Note: Investment is from the same root. Proverb:When things are investigated, knowledge … Read more
Definition: adept at producing something new; creative; ingenious Proverb: Necessity is the mother of invention. Quotes:• You can’t run out of ideas. You look at anything you get an idea. If I look at [anything] long enough, I’ll think of a story. — Stan Lee [born Stanley Martin Lieber] (1922-2018) Cartoonist• There are three stages in the life cycle of any scientific idea. First, … Read more