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“Rejoice evermore.”
The brief instruction treats joy as an enduring orientation to be practiced repeatedly rather than a feeling reserved only for easy circumstances.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 5:16 in the King James Version; a concise instruction within a series of practical exhortations.
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“I'd use to-day that cannot last, Be glad to-day and sing.”
Awareness that another spring is not guaranteed turns attention toward using the present day rather than postponing every form of gladness.
Source note: “Another Spring,” Project Gutenberg #16950. The stanza begins conditionally—'If I might see another Spring'—so the present-focused conclusion grows from mortality and uncertainty.
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“Now I rejoice in the consciousness that I can think, act and attain heaven.”
Keller describes intellectual and spiritual agency as a source of rejoicing after recalling an earlier life of darkness and stillness.
Source note: Optimism: An Essay (1903), Project Gutenberg #31622. “Attain heaven” belongs to Keller’s explicitly religious language and is not secularized into a guaranteed outcome.
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“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
The verse directs attention toward the present day as something to receive with gratitude and deliberate gladness rather than overlook while waiting for another moment.
Source note: Psalm 118:24 in the King James Version; the verse joins the present day with rejoicing and gratitude.
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“God bless us, every one!”
Tiny Tim’s blessing widens goodwill beyond one household and turns a family scene into an inclusive wish for others.
Source note: A Christmas Carol; Tiny Tim’s blessing.
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“Life is a boundless privilege.”
The sentence frames existence as abundant possibility rather than mere duration, encouraging attention to what can still be learned, attempted, appreciated, and created.
Source note: The Conduct of Life; Emerson uses the line while describing life as an expanding field of experience rather than a narrowly fixed allotment.