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Happy World Introvert Day
Yes, in our over commercialized world everyday is some kind of day like world day old bagel day. Literally every single day has a cause or recognition including today January 2nd. Today is four national days including national: buffet; cream … Continue reading
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What 2021 taught us.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. ~ Alan Watts I always start my annual New Year’s Eve post with the same sentiment, happy amateur night! … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, 2022, be happy, change, happiness, happy new year, lessons, new normal, new year
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Acceptance and Action for Happiness
Acceptance has never been an idea I’ve been very comfortable with. I think it comes from the fact that I had some tough times as a kid and the idea that I couldn’t change things was too horrible of an … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Covid Times, personal happiness
Tagged acceptance, action, appalachian trail, be happy, covid times, happiness, happy, life
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A thank you to teachers
Tonight a joint post on two of my blogs the Ministry of Happiness and Higher Ed Mentor. It’s been a crazy year in education and as we wrap up the fall semester and I’m seeing what some of my faculty … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, education, gratitude, higher ed mentor, looking back, suny plattsburgh, teachers, teaching
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What an amazing time we live in
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. ~ Alvin Toffler Ok, sure, we are living through a global pandemic, social media and the internet have us on future … Continue reading
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How to keep balance during the holidays
The holidays are here, Thanksgiving is over and the shopping season is fully under way, I can tell by the fact that driving in any commercial parking lot feels like I’ve been dropped into Death Race 2000. So this time … Continue reading
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Food makes me happy
I love food, I love to cook and I especially love to eat. As I relayed in last week’s post one of the several reasons that I love Thanksgiving so much, it is very much a cooking and eating holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged bliss, cooking, eating, food, holiday, thanksgiving
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The hard days of the holiday season are here
I pray you heal from things no one ever apologized for ~ Unknown It’s the holiday season, how do I know? Well today the parking lot at the supermarket was completely madness. People just walking in the driving lanes like … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, Christmas, depression, family, happiness, holiday blues, norman rockwell, thanksgiving
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What makes a person rich?
True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind. ~ Kevin Gates What makes a person rich? Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Warren Buffet by the standard definition of having a lot of money, they … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, bucket list, experiences, grey whales, happiness, san ignacio, travel, wealth
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The Importance of Criteria
Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes … Continue reading
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