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Happiness & Becoming Who You Are: My 1000th Post!
Happiness & Becoming Who You Are: My 1000th Post! Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, bucket list, change, depression, fear, forgiveness, gratitude, happiness, kindness, writing
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Why Have You Never Been Married?
Why Have You Never Been Married? So this question is one I get frequently. It usually starts with the standard question, are you married? You see in America, the script we’re supposed to follow says that as an adult you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, are you married, bukowski, fear of commitment, happiness, love, marriage, soulmate, true love, why aren't you married
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Happiness is a really good story
Happiness is a really good story I have not ended up where I intended to go, but I think I ended up where I intended to be ~ Douglas Adams I moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1994 and very soon … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, altruism, appalachia, appalachian trail, giving, happiness, hiking, kindness, travel, walking
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Why the Work is Important
Why the Work is Important If you continuously compete with others, you become bitter, but if you continuously compete with yourself you become better. ~ Anonymous One of the things about moving to a new place is meeting new people. … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, blog, contentment, happiness, happy, rev kane, working on yourself
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Happiness is Poetry: Langston Hughes
Happiness is Poetry: Langston Hughes Love is a naked shadow,On a gnarled and naked tree ~ Langston Hughes What I’ve always liked about the poetry of Langston Hughes is that what he wants to say is right there in front … Continue reading
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Tagged charles bukowski, happiness, happy, holidays, langston hughes, life, poems, poetry, poetry of, warsan shire
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Otherness – You’re Not Alone
Otherness – You’re Not Alone Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about. ~ Benjamin Franklin Hello my friends, I’m really excited tonight to announce that my second book, Otherness, a book of poetry has now been … Continue reading
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Tagged alien, alone, be happy, blog, happiness, loneliness, poem, poet, poetry, writing
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Holiday Happiness: Classic Poets
Holiday Happiness: Classic Poets The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone and an exceptionally hard time for some. So, until the New Year I’ll be posting a Holiday Happiness post each day to try help folks out who … Continue reading
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Tagged Dylan Thomas, happiness, holidays, maya angelou, poetry, Rilke, robert frost, rumi, william blake
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Random Happiness: Videos
Random Happiness: Videos Tonight a little tour around the web to find some videos to help you have a happier day my friends ~ Rev Kane The science of happiness – an experiment in gratitude (7:14) TED Talks Less stuff … Continue reading
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Tagged calvin and hobbes, happiness, living with less, science, secret, TED
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Happiness is a Polar Bear Adventure – Part 4 (A Flying Polar Bear)
Happiness is a Polar Bear Adventure – Part 4 (A Flying Polar Bear) I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, arctic, canada, churchill, happiness, Northern lights, Polar bear, travel
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Happiness is Giving
Happiness is Giving We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give ~ Winston Churchill Tonight friends a quick post about giving. We all know that giving and gratitude help us be happier … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, charity, children, donation, giving, happiness, kids, locks of love, love, st. baldrick's, video
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