Author Archives: Michael Kane

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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.

Indecision & Procrastination, the Enemies of Happiness

If you wait for everything to be perfect according to your preconceived plans, then you may well wait forever. If you go out and work with the current of life, you may find that success comes from building upon small things. Continue reading →

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Balance: The Wisdom of Deng Ming-Dao

Everything has its place. Everything has its season. As events turn, balance is to know what is here, what is coming and how to be in perfect harmony with it. Then one attains a state of sublimity that cannot be challenged.
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Monday Morning Guide to Happiness

Why I like this list so much is its simplicity and solid grounding in common sense. So start your week off with a little help on the path to happiness.
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The Science of Happiness

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ~J.D. Salinger Continue reading →

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The Dalai Lama will be live from Stanford this week

Dalai Lama His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be participating in three public events at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, on October 14th and 15th, 2010. All three events will be webcast live. Event and webcast information is … Continue reading →

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The Dalai Lama on Happiness

Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness. Continue reading →

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A Question of Happiness

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up. ~Charles L. Morgan Continue reading →

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Afghan Children’s Circus

 This is a double post with my other blog, zdeaconblue.wordress.com but I thought I would share it on both sites because its so damn cool. Saw this group on a story on CNN a few weeks ago and really dug … Continue reading →

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Monday Wisdom from the Dalai Lama

A reminder from his holiness that our own thoughts and attitudes can drive the way the world works, hopefully this will help us all have a better Monday and week than we had last week.
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Saying Goodbye

This is a post from another blog that is about saying goodbye, to the things we want to lose and the people we love. Saying goodbye properly is as important to our happiness as anything else.

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