Barack Obama
Related: About this forum"Ode to Joy"
I know this has been posted before~However this one is for my friends a the BOG.Flash Mob Ode to Joy
BOG
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/14/night-owl-chat-ode-to-joy/#more-119303
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.
― Kahlil Gibran
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
― Kahlil Gibran
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/joy?page=2
Aristus
(68,352 posts)I love that flashmob so much...
Life is good...
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Cha
(305,425 posts)I cry.
Thank you, she.. very uplifting on this evening in May.
sheshe2
(87,496 posts)It was an uplift for my fellow BOGers
Happy tears, correct Cha~
Cha
(305,425 posts)she. Now, I'll never forget it! lol tying to figure out what play Julie and Richard Burton were in?
You're doing a great job keeping us happy, she!
Thanks Cha, I love my fellow BOGers. Uplifting yea it is and I am happy to give that to my friends.
BOG
Cha
(305,425 posts)Trajan
(19,089 posts)I had posted both in Music Appreciation (where music clips go to die ....)
The entire Ode to Freedom concert is posted there ... It is magnificent ...
I would add ... this:
freshwest
(53,661 posts)sheshe2
(87,496 posts)That was so beautiful. You are welcome to post in the Barack Obama Group anytime!
I posted this for my fellow BOGers, an Ode to Joy, because we do feel the joy. It is an uplifting song that makes our souls weep, yet it makes our hearts soar.
Welcome to the BOG, Trajan.
BOG
Cha
(305,425 posts)synchronicity!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Don't forget to put this in your Journal for all to see and be uplifted.
sheshe2
(87,496 posts)Getting us flying was my intent.
To fly is to soar!
We have the wind beneath our wings~
sheshe2
(87,496 posts)― Kahlil Gibran
Our service, community service that our President wants us to do, asks us to do, our service is joy. We help those in need. That is our Democratic oath! We serve and protect.
Inspiring quote from Kahlil Gibran, amazing that what he said then is truer today.
Sweet dreams freshwest, gotta go~
greatauntoftriplets
(176,851 posts)Control-Z
(15,684 posts)and wipe away a tear or two. (Dang, I've been weepy lately for some reason.)
"Live life with joy. Thats what our opponents lack." You can see it in their faces. And in their deeds.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)the expressions on some of the audience were priceless - they truly felt the joy and it showed all over their faces.
sheshe2
(87,496 posts)It was very moving~
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)Sometimes people say that Moonlight Sonata is God's favorite piece of music, and I love it too; but surely Ode to Joy is a close contender. One should follow the other.
sheshe2
(87,496 posts)Beautiful!