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About Michael Kane

Michael Kane is a writer, photographer, educator, speaker, adventurer and a general sampler of life. His books on hiking and poetry are available in soft cover and Kindle on Amazon.

Happiness is Loving Yourself

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. ~Margaret Young

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Wisdom from his holiness, both of them and of course Steve

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Happiness Resources: Interesting Sites

Did a little digging around on the net to come up with a few resources to help you along your path to happiness. Each link is posted with a little descriptio of what the site is about. Continue reading

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Advice from the Dalai Lama

As long as we observe love for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we are learned or unlearned, whether we believe in the Buddha or God, follow some religion or none at all, as long as we have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt we will be happy.
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The Wisdom of Children

I thanked that little girl for what she did for me and I walked on to my office. I still hurt, my heart was still broken but that little girl had done me a magnificent service. The lesson I took away from that meeting was that sometimes the greatest wisdom can come from a child. So my friends don’t forget to look to the little ones when you need an answer. Continue reading

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Existential Boredom

Existential Boredom Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time ~ Marthe Troly-Curtin So existential boredom is a term I thought I came up with, unfortunately after doing a little research I’ve come to realize that I wasn’t the first … Continue reading

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