This moment, mortal as you or I, was full of boundless, senseless, silly joy, as if it knew something we didn’t. — Adam Zagajewski (via)
Tag Archive: joy
Feb
18
2010
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2010/02/this-moment
Aug
06
2009
Why Would God Laugh?
The song “Laughing With” is haunting me in a good way. When I searched for the lyrics yesterday, one of the first sites that came up was one of those song meaning sites. I read through some of the comments. Some were debating if the song was really about God or if it was a …
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2009/08/why-would-god-laugh
Jul
31
2009
Somebody Like You
If I had a theme song for this summer, it would be Keith Urban’s upbeat and bouncy, “Somebody Like You”. (Listen) The first stanza, especially the third line, is what caught my attention when I heard this song on the radio this morning. It is full of energy and joy. Except for the third line …
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2009/07/somebody-like-you
May
28
2009
Birdwings
Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you’re bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look, you look, and instead, here’s the joyful face you’ve been wanting to see. Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be …
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2009/05/birdwings
Oct
25
2008
If I Stand
So if I stand let me stand on the promise That you will pull me through And if I can’t, let me fall on the grace That first brought me to You And if I sing let me sing for the joy That has born in me these songs …
Permanent link to this article: http://cowpi.com/journal/2008/10/if-i-stand