On Saturday evening, joyous residents began returning home.
If we can accept God's forgiveness, sincerely, inwardly, contritely, with gratitude and hope, then we open ourselves to the joyous prospect of beginning anew.
SANA, Yemen — The dusty streets of this ancient capital were jammed with cars as Yemenis ran last-minute errands before the start of Id al-Fitr, the joyous holiday that began Tuesday with the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
And, as the neurologist Oliver Sacks notes in a perceptive foreword, "it has a joyous and lyrical quality from beginning to end".
WHILE bottled water is still hard to find and the huge video screens in Shibuya remain dark, some inhabitants of Tokyo are beginning to return to their usual joyous style.
Yohji Yamamoto said after his joyous show that he wanted to "go back to the beginning" — which explained the subverted Edwardian elegance, the black clothes and the "backs are beautiful" elements.
And then it begins: the joyous music that fills the church and, even to unaccustomed ears, carries a powerful message of praise, sacrifice and hope.
It was as if a second hike, joyous and invigorating, had begun to superimpose itself on the one I thought I'd taken.
The two men, both in their 20s, were at a home game last season when Carlos Beltran hit a low fly ball over the wall in center field, cueing the apple to begin its joyous ascent.
