An Update

What’s the line, trust but verify, which is a way of saying don’t trust anybody. So in putting together my post for next week I went back over my post history and it’s not my 11th, but my 13th anniversary on the blog! My good friend Bryan had texted saying he thought it had been longer, and obviously he was right.

Happy Anniversary – Ministry of Happiness

So I got my notification this week from my blog platform that I’ve hit the 11th anniversary of the Ministry of Happiness blog. This reminder always catches me by surprise and makes me happy. A quick reminder for those of you who haven’t been along for the whole ride. I originally started writing this blog as a way of getting out the information I’d researched related to happiness as a way of overcoming my own depression. I figured at the time I’d get maybe a year out of the blog and then move on to doing something else. This effort however turned into a surprisingly wonderful experience. I got a lot of positive comments about what I was writing and some people were even helped by me relaying my ideas and experiences. So I went past a year, then another and another and here we are in beginning year twelve.

The blog has changed over time. It was initially more focused on happiness research and providing inspiring comments and memes. It morphed over time to talk more about what’s happening in my life and the happiness and quality of life lessons I can pull from what happens in my life. That, and whenever I get the chance a dose of notes and photos from my travels.

So thank you all for continuing to read the blog, to sign up up and subscribe and comment on the posts. You really don’t understand for blog writers how much we truly appreciate your comments on posts, thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I remember when I started I was talking with a friend about a blog he had, he had 40 subscribers, I was blown away and couldn’t ever imagine having that many. So a huge thank you to the 245 people who subscribe to this blog and are actually willing to have every one of these posts show up in their inbox.

It’s been a big week, there have been a lot of good things going on. I got the reminder of the anniversary, I got the largest paycheck of my life which included my annual raise, and I got to eat the first tomato from my garden this year, it was delicious.

So thank you all very much and I hope you have a great week and a happy day my friends. ~ Rev Kane