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Happiness and Family: Update
Happiness and Family: Update Today an update to a piece I wrote in 2012. The first little update is my flock or gang, (depending on their moods), of nieces and nephews has grown from five to seven. My brother and … Continue reading
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Happiness and Anger Management
Happiness and Anger Management If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~ Dalai Lama We all have those days, we’re running late, things are going right, we didn’t have time … Continue reading
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Happiness and ghosts from the past
Happiness and ghosts from the past It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. ~Berkely Breathed Very few people, at least in how they remember things, had a great childhood. We all suffered the slings and arrows of parents … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, dementors, happiness, harry potter, history, inspiration, life, philosophy, responsibility
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Books for your Summer Reading List 2017
Books for your Summer Reading List 2017 Tonight a little post to help you find books for your summer reading list. The focus for the list is books that aren’t too deep, about interesting topics and not too long, basically … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, beach, books, happiness, reading, summer, summer reading, summer reading list 2017
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Happiness, Wedding and Love
Happiness, Wedding and Love No relationship is all sunshine, but two people can share an umbrella and survive the storm ~ Unknown So this weekend I had the honor of officiating the wedding of the two fine people pictured above. … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, be happy, happiness, love, marriage, soul mate, true love, truth
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Musings on a Sunday Night
Musings on a Sunday Night Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Alan Poe … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, musing, personal growth, stress, thinking, weekend, wondering
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Happiness is a Book Club
Happiness is a Book Club There is nothing to writing. You just sit down at a typewriter and bleed. ~ Rev Kane So, several months before I had published my book, Appalachian Trail Happiness, I got a note from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Appalchian trail, author, book club, friends, happiness, los angeles, publishing, writing
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Happiness can be a Rollercoaster
Happiness can be a Roller Coaster We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~ Frederick Keonig Ahh the best laid … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, be happy, happiness, hiking, PCT, positivity, wisdom
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Sometimes You Just Need a Weekend
Sometimes You Just Need a Weekend There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither. ~ Alan Cohen Over the last couple of weeks I’ve detailed that I’ve been struggling a bit lately. … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachian trail, corned beef, happiness, havasu falls, hiking, irish, relaxation, st. patrick's day
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Happiness, Gossip & Comments
Happiness, Comments & Gossip What I’ve found – and the older I get, the more I understand this and stand behind it – is, my whole life has been an exploration of telling the truth. It’s scary to be truthful, … Continue reading →
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