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We are all damaged, but we can be happy!
We are all damaged, but we can be happy! Defensiveness is usually someone silently screaming that they need you to value and respect them in disguise. When you look for deeper meanings behind someone’s pain you … Continue reading
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Tagged damage, growth, happiness, happy, life, positivity, self-esteem, trauma
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Happy New Year – 2019
Happy New Year – 2019 If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‘right’ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all of the traffic lights to be green … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged be happy, goals, happiness, new year, new years day, resolutions, starting over
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Holiday Happiness: The Twelfth Secret
Holiday Happiness: The Twelfth Secret Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, depression, gardening, happiness, holidays, nature
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Farewell Oaxaca
Farewell Oaxaca Who can’t relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next. ~ Mike Shinoda I’ve left Oaxaca after two months. My original plan was to stay there for four months but I … Continue reading
What is Happiness?
What is Happiness? Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. ~ Omar Khayyam So I sat down tonight to do my weekly post and I hit the wall that is writer’s block. I played some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged contentment, gratitude, happiness, hiking, joy, natural quiet, nature, resilience
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Holiday Happiness: Deng Ming-Dao on Worry
Holiday Happiness: Deng Ming-Dao on Worry The holidays are often a very stressful period for people so for the next 34 days (Thanksgiving through Christmas) we’re going to do a post a day, something happy and uplifting each day, perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Deng Ming-Dao, Holiday Happiness
Tagged Christmas, deng ming-dao, happiness, holidays, mood, quotes, taoism, wisdom, worry
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Holiday Happiness: The Dalai Lama on Caring for Others
Holiday Happiness: The Dalai Lama on Caring for Others The holidays are often a very stressful period for people so for the next 34 days (Thanksgiving through Christmas) we’re going to do a post a day, something happy and uplifting … Continue reading
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Tagged altruism, buddhism, caring, dalai lama, happiness, holidays, inspiration, quotes, spirituality, taoism
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Holiday Happiness: Giving
Holiday Happiness: Giving The holidays are often a very stressful period for people so for the next 34 days (Thanksgiving through Christmas) we’re going to do a post a day, something happy and uplifting each day, perhaps an image, a … Continue reading
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Tagged altruism, charity, Christmas, giving, happiness, holidays, inspiration, kindness, thanksgiving
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Holiday Happiness: Lessons to Being Happy
Lessons to Being Happy Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, depression, happiness, holidays, inspiration, poitivity, Rilke, smile
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