Opening A Window

I needed a quote about joy this week, about how if you persist you can get it back if you’ve lost it. I thought this quote said what I wanted to say perfectly.

“…keep knocking, and the Joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who’s there.”

Rumi

Hope you have a week full of open windows and Joy….

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24 Responses to Opening A Window

  1. Oh I do love this quote. Thank you for sharing it. The picture is marvelous and makes me wish I could be there to enjoy it in person. :) Have a lovely week, my dear.

  2. Now that’s a great quote to start the week with…thanks!

  3. that’s a lovely quote!

    Juliet
    http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com

  4. it’s true – just keep tapping and sooner than you thought possible, the window opens

  5. Hi Selma
    as you may know, I am a great quotes fan – I love Rumi but had not come across this one before. Thank you – and may Joy visit you again before too long….it has its own agenda, and arrives, in my experience, when and where you least expect it.

  6. Never say die, try try again, never give up. It’s there we just have to keep at it til we find it.

    Great quote to start the week. :D

  7. I thought the quote referred to joy that was inside you, that needed to have a window opened to get out and see who to share it with. If my interpretation is valid, you have that in spades, dear Selma!

  8. Hope joy finds you this week, Selma :)

  9. Wonderful post Selma :)

  10. Keep on keeping on :) and ‘joy to the world’ Selma.

  11. it’s a great quote, if only wish I have a good memory to remember it

    hope you have a great day.

  12. Excellent quote, Selma, and one we all need to remember! I tell people I care about every day… “hang on… tough times don’t last”. You know it, I know it. We are stronger than we ever knew, and most amazingly, joy can and does return! Beautiful, uplifting post, thank you dear sister!

  13. Fantastic post Selma. We often need to be reminded to keep on trying!

  14. I hope the same for you too! ♥

  15. That’s a lovely quote Selma. I hope that because I’m so stubborn, that I’ll keep aiming for what is important, including joy. xx

  16. Sometimes it takes breaking the window entirely. It did for me.

  17. Yep – keep beating that bitch Joy’s door and she will meekly say “Ok I’ll let you in”

  18. I miss you Selma, put up a few lines here to let us know you’re doing ok! Sending positive energy and prayers your way, and strength to face each day with hope and determination. You are a survivor, and you will be ok! HUGS!!

  19. We love you. Hope all is well, dear friend. Thinking of you. XXX

  20. Selma, you seem to have dropped out of cyberspace again! Are you okay?

  21. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS, EVERYBODY. I LOVE YOU ALL XXXX