Category Archives: personal happiness

It’s been a helluva year!

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ~ Fredrick Douglass It’s been a helluva year! One year ago, May 7, 2025, I got up insanely early in the morning, was driven to the hospital by my assistant and … Continue reading

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Music, Memories and Happiness

Without music, life would be a mistake. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Music, Memories and Happiness Music is incredibly important to me, there is not a day that goes by that I don’t have music around me. I play it when I … Continue reading

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To be happy, you don’t have to get ahead

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. ~ Henry David Thoreau To be happy, … Continue reading

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Getting back to me!

I feel the older I get, the more I’m learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it’s all about finding yourself. ~ Ringo Starr Getting back to me! The last 18 months have been a … Continue reading

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Taking the Pressure is off!

Hermits have no peer pressure. ~ Steven Wright Taking the pressure off! It’s been a hell of a last year and a lot of things have gone wrong. And happily, lately, more things are starting to go right than wrong. … Continue reading

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The Great Shark Tooth Hunt

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. ~ Christopher McCandless The Great Shark Tooth Hunt First off, all apologies to HST for the title of this week’s post. I have spent many of … Continue reading

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Beware the Ides of March!

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. ~ William Butler Yeats Beware the Ides of March! Long ago it has been established that I’m not normal, I’m also not Caesar, … Continue reading

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Life When You Won’t Settle

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson Life When You Won’t Settle So, there is something about me, some people think it’s a stubborn nature, but that’s not … Continue reading

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It’s not the thought that counts

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. ~ Voltaire It’s not the thought that counts What we say matters, and very often we … Continue reading

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The Happiness of Just Being

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ~ Desmond Tutu The Happiness of Just Being Today was a really wonderful day. First off, the weather was just perfect, seventy degrees, sunny, nice … Continue reading

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