Joyful confidence. (meditation).WHEN JOY TOUCHES US, it can seem a godlike god·like adj. Resembling or of the nature of a god or God; divine. god  like experience, suddenly making us aware of the eternal, assuring us that we have nothing to fear and that the foundation of all being is love. Like Diana the Huntress, we stride out uncluttered through the morning sunlight. We need no covering for our feet: they are met by tender grass and flowers. We need no clothing, since in the world where joy has led us, there is no need for concealment. We may go naked and unashamed, accepted for what we are. Outside of joy, it takes very great trust in another to appear without protection, but here there is only vigorous and unencumbered movement forward. The dog--our animal nature--springs obediently beside the virgin goddess, our spirit. Diana does not even need to look where she is going: in joy there are no mistakes. SISTER WENDY BECKETT of Norfolk, England, well-known for her BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. and PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, television art series and her popular art books. Reprinted with permission from: Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations (DK Publishing, 1998; 877-342-5357). Painting: Diana the Huntress, School of Fontainebleau The Ecole de Fontainebleau refers to two periods of artistic production in France during the late Renaissance centered around the royal Château of Fontainebleau. First School of Fontainebleau (from 1531)  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. , Paris).
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