8 Quotes by Kevin Deeny

Joy. It’s hard to say precisely what it is, but we know it when we see it – we know it when we feel it. Joy is not something planned. It bubbles up and bursts forth from six-year-old children who cannot contain it for one second longer. With a whoop and a wiggle, out it comes wherever they happen to be. Adults in witness gather these moments of joy and remember.

Searching for relevance by giving up what you’re good at to find something good to do is a difficult decision.

Wrinkles are a sign that life dwelled within and left tracks.

Life has left them barnacled, but the memory of each tide is rejoiced.

Life. After thousands of years of contemplation, we still do not know what “Life” is – nor the meaning thereof.

I thought I could outrun my ignorance, but life was too fast for me. I find it necessary to re-engage and re-assess the things I thought I knew. Humility is exhausting.

Bodies spasm in birth, death, and trauma. So too do civilizations.

There is intimacy in looking closely into someone’s eyes. It matters not the age, gender, hue, or race. Communication with someone, eye-to-eye speaks without speaking and says so much.