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Overcoming Demons to Be Happy
Overcoming Demons to Be Happy Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encompasses your understanding ~ Kahlil Gibran Overcoming Demons Today is a very special day for me my friends, it’s an anniversary for me, a pretty significant … Continue reading
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Tagged a way to be happy, addiction, alcoholism, be happy, burning man, depression, happiness, overcoming demons
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Dreams, Decisions and Moving Forward, Machu Picchu and Oaxaca
Dreams, Decisions and Moving Forward, Machu Picchu & Oaxaca A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement ~ Bo Bennett Dreams It’s really important for people to have dreams, we all need something to look forward … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, be happy, climbing machu picchu, happiness, happy, hiking, machu picchu, mexico, oaxaca, travel
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Hiker Slang
Hiker Slang We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect ~ Anais Nin At a book club recently for my book, Appalachian Trial Happiness, the readers said they wish there had been a glossary. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness
Tagged appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, camping, happiness, hiker trash, hiking, pacific crest trail, PCT, slang
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How to survive the first few days on the Appalachian Trail
How to survive the first few days on the Appalachian Trail Great works are performed not by strength but perseverance ~ Samuel Johnson Hiking the Appalachian Trail Thirty-two miles, that’s it, thirty-two miles. One of the things my friend Second … Continue reading
Happiness is a Little Adventure
Happiness is a Little Adventure We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. ~ … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, desert, flowers, happiness, happy, photography, poppies, super bloom, travel
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Are You Happy?
Are You Happy? “You have one job, to lead an extraordinary life.” I’ve seen this quote attributed to a number of people, I’ve also seen it in several different forms so I’m not quite sure who to appropriately attribute it … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, adventure, bucket list, happiness, happy, hiking, life list, smile
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Happiness is Independence
Happiness is Independence I ask only to be free. The butterflies are free. ~ Charles Dickens I thought, given today is Independence Day in the United States, I would write about being free. If you read this blog you know … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, be happy, dreams, happiness, happy, life, positivity, travel, writing, YOLO
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Resources to Boost Your Mood
Resources to Boost Your Mood At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I’ve been in a generally good mood ever since. ~ Marilyn vos Savant The holidays are a very stressful time … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged exercise, food, happiness, life, mood, positivity
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Happiness is Rain in the Desert
Happiness is Rain in the Desert I love the rain, I always have, some of my best memories from childhood are sitting on my front porch in the summer while it rained like a fire hose. It was always amazing … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, happiness, memories, nature, pleasure, rain, the smell of rain
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Happiness is Poetry: d.a. levy
Happiness is Poetry: d.a. levy If you want a revolution, return to your childhood and kick out the bottom. ~ d.a. levy Like a lot of poets I read, I first encountered D.A. Levy in the American Bible of Outlaw … Continue reading
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Tagged art, da levy, happiness, outlaw poems, poem, poems, poet, poetry, writing
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