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Happiness Moments: The National Anthem
Happiness Moments: The National Anthem Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness Moments, personal happiness
Tagged college, fraternity, happiness, Happiness Moments, jimi hendrix, national anthem, writing
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A Nice Quiet Thanksgiving Weekend
A Nice Quiet Thanksgiving Weekend If you’re not able to sit down and do nothing for 1 hour, you’re addicted to stimulation, and you will never attain true happiness. ~ Robert Celner I had some grand plans for the Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Happiness is Swimming with Whale Sharks
Happiness is Swimming with Whale Sharks The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. ~ Christopher McCandless Update: Trixie the Whale Shark pictured above has unfortunately died, very sad, she was a gentle and … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure
Tagged adventure, Aquarium, burning man, georgia aquarium, happiness, ireland, mt. everest, nature, sharks, whale sharks
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My Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike – 2020
My Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike – 2020 There are some good things to be said about walking. Not many, but some. Walking takes longer, for example, than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged baker beach, california, hike, ocean, san francisco, thanksgiving, tradition, walk
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ~ Alfred North Whitehead Happy Thanksgiving! Most of us were taught a lovely fairy-tale about the … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged family, gratitude, happiness, history, holiday, lincoln, native americans, pilgrims, thanksgiving, turkey
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Happiness is Thanksgiving, Kindness & Gratitude
Happiness is Thanksgiving, Kindness & Gratitude Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. … Continue reading
Posted in Random Happiness
Tagged cooking, depression, food, giving, gratitude, happiness, holidays, kindness, positivity, thanksgiving
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Giving is Kindness and Applied Gratitude
Giving is Kindness and Applied Gratitude Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~ Lao Tzu We’re well into the month of November, truly one of my favorite months for a lot … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged be happy, Christmas, giving, gratitude, halloween, happiness, holiday season, kindness, love, thanksgiving
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Happiness and the Extraterrestrial Highway
Happiness and the Extraterrestrial Highway Is E.T. out there? Well, I work at the SETI Institute. That’s almost my name. SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. In other words, I look for aliens, and when I tell people that at a … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness on the Road
Tagged adventure, aliens, Area 51, extraterrestrial, grey aliens, las vegas, Little Ale Inn, nevada, travel, UFO
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Appalachian Trail Happiness: My Favorite Little Hiker
Appalachian Trail Happiness: My Favorite Little Hiker As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, children, happiness, hiking, life, life hack, nature
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Fighting the darkness
Fighting the darkness People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. ~ Elisabeth … Continue reading
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Tagged altruism, be happy, Christmas, clock change, darkness, depression, happiness, holidays, mood, thanksgiving
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