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Joie de vivre
Living joyfully
Created on 2002-10-28 12:01:21 (#755746), last updated 2009-07-09
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Basic Info| Name: | Marie |
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BioJoie de vivre - why speak of such a thing? Because it is one of the most complete forms of humor. Because it involves a kind of love ... because we have to learn to laugh again. Because there are ideas which give us such insight that they change our lives. Because after understanding joie de vivre we will never abandon it, never go back to the way we once were. [...] What is joie de vivre? It can be joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do. One may speak of a joie de finesse (refinement, grace, elegance), the joy of summer, the joy of an embrace ... And joie de vivre may be seen as a joy of everything, a comprehensive joy, a philosophy of life, a Weltanschauung. (Warren Shibles)
...how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text. (Pat Mora)
We do not want merely to see beauty ... We want something else which can hardly be put into words -- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to be part of it. (C.S. Lewis, Transposition and Other Addresses)
To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy — to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. (Jude 24-25)
I am: twenty-four. I was born on my birthday and I will live until I die. My business cards say I'm a reference librarian; I'm inquisitive, odd, and many other things, some of them good. I am a Christian, a romantic, a devourer of books. My goal is to live life joyfully, love with abandon, see always the possibilities and never the problems. I fail at this often; fortunately, I am the child of a loving and forgiving Father. I believe in gracious living. My quest in life is to read every good book, and some of the bad ones. Language fascinates me. When I grow up I want to be the world's leading expert on Anglo-Saxon and have a huge home library with a library ladder, a floor-standing globe, and old leather furniture. I am a modern renaissance woman: I can make homemade ravioli or reroof a house. Champagne truffles and chocolate covered espresso beans rock my world.
My titles are as follows: Mari, Princess of Quite a Lot, Coordinator of All Things, Queen of Alliteration, Keeper of the Books, Practitioner of Joyful Living, Purveyor of Baked Goods, Rekindler of Hope, Apprentice Neat Freak, Siren To Young and Old, But Virtually Nobody In Between, The Great Recommender, Her Royal Librarianiciousness, Lady Punkia, St. Marie, Patron of Flavorful Cooking, and Wielder of the Red Pen of DOOM.
Contact info post here, for those able to see it.
I think you should read Terry Pratchett's books. Ready to give it a try? I wrote this post to guide you.
I have an Amazon Wish List:
I have a more general wish list at Alternative Gift Registry
I wrote a novel for NaNoWriMo. It was not as hard as it sounds.
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_haydee_,amea, angelsjoshie, bioniclesz, clothofdreams, completeinhim, elanortheeldest, emkay_smiles, equuschick, fogwood214, jayhawker317, jennymae, jkgeroo, krikketgirl, laraemily, main_hoon_emily, melyndie, mrsaudio, mrsbezner, my_everafter, patrick___, pianistamy, prima_donna87, princess_mia, ransomedsea, savetheolives, siemova, shooless, shorty1114, sicilianocalvo, windandtherain and violetvaleI love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian ... Marian
It's a lost cause I can never win
For the civilized world accepts as unforgivable sin
Any talking out loud with any librarian
Such as Marion ... Madam Librarian.
from "The Music Man"
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