Sentence examples for present joys from inspiring English sources

It radiates optimism — not for a utopian future but for the endurance of present joys.

On Present Joys, they adapt five pieces from New England's church-song traditions, and five compatible Douglas compositions, furthering the approach the trumpeter pursued on his haunting 2012 valediction to his mother, Be Still.

While his career spans more than 50 recordings as a leader, his active projects include his Quintet; Sound Prints, a quintet co-led with saxophonist Joe Lovano; Riverside, a quartet co-led with Chet Doxas; Present Joys, a duo with pianist Uri Caine; and High Risk, an electronic ensemble with Shigeto, Jonathan Maron, Ian Chang and Geoffrey Countryman.

The effect is extraordinarily poignant, creating a conduit between past and present, joy and loss.

To their countrymen, many of whom are deeply spiritual, the juxtaposition of past sorrow and present joy went a long way in healing old wounds.

The classic reasons that people have dogs — to feel loved unconditionally, and not for our appearance or net worth; to escape the knowledge of death for a moment with a creature who doesn't know about its existence; to have access to utterly present joy — are only intellectual concepts in the face of this squealing lunatic.

But the Gauls, not imagining their victory to be so considerable, and overtaken with the present joy, fell to feasting and dividing the spoil, by which means they gave leisure to those who were for leaving the city to make their escape, and to those that remained to anticipate and prepare for their coming.

Because we can only control so much — and that lack of control shouldn't steal our present joy.

We can only control so much — and that lack of control shouldn't steal our present joy.

One of the things I learned fairly early on in life is that the fastest way to future rewards is by following present joy.

"Yes, I like school very much," proclaims Levan after relishing the praise of his classmates, letting the giant smile he wears on his face erase any further doubts of his present joy at being surrounded by other children.