“The market is going to sort of tread water until we hear the results of the (Fed) meeting and what the Fed has to say about their decision. That's the 500-pound gorilla of events next week.”
“We'll see what impact, if anything, the hurricane had on them, and it may be a harbinger.”
“We'll see if Goldman can keep that string going.”
“They will probably have to make some estimations.”
“Normally, you buy back a lot of stock when you don't think there's any reason to invest in your own company, ... Parsons hasn't ruled out Icahn's suggestions, but it's clear he wants his flexibility.”
“Things are stabilizing but there is still not a change that would suggest a major new spending cycle in tech.”
“It doesn't take a lot of money moving into these stocks to move them higher. But valuations will put a cap on how far things will go.”
“The evidence of gathering economic strength is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.”
“Clearly the far more important factor for tech is the relative strength of the economy. It trumps the dollar situation. But if the dollar improves, it does take the bloom off the rose for some of the sales numbers that companies have reported.”
“Rate hikes don't have to mean the death knell for tech spending. Fundamentals are still strong.”
The third element of love is mudita, joy. True love always brings joy to ourselves and to the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.
Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy. (Page 57)
How does it save the world to reject unabashed joy when it is joy that saves us? Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn't rescue the suffering. The converse does. (Page 58)
How can he not share his newfound joy with his fellow man? And it is joy. There’s a pure kind of joy in the certainty of belief. The certainty that your life has purpose and meaning.
Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed Loving the storm that sways her - I found more joy in sorrow Than you could find in joy.
Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy runs deep.
A flower may die after giving beauty, love, and joy, but it will not vanish. It will transform into a fruit of eternal joy.
God is joy. Joy contains light that illuminates your entire being and those that come in contact with you.
Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.