Category Archives: personal happiness

Happiness is Continuous Improvement

Happiness is Continuous Improvement Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. ~ Benjamin Franklin So recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the phrase continuous quality improvement.  It has a lot of … Continue reading

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TED talk on Happiness

TED talk on Happiness Today one of the fabulous TED talks this one is by Biochemist turned Buddhist Monk, Matthieu Ricard, a really wonderful talk, enjoy http://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness.html Other Happiness Posts You Will Enjoy! Happy Anniversary – Ministry of Happiness: Our … Continue reading

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Happiness & Meaning in Life

Happiness & Meaning in Life Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human ~ Viktor E Frankl So today I encountered a really interesting article on happiness and meaning in life.  The article … Continue reading

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Friends on the Road

My 2018 Adventure – Friends on the Road I have wandered all of my life and also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ~ Hilaire Belloc My 2018 … Continue reading

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Happiness is Community

Happiness is Community Without a sense of caring there can be no sense of community. ~ Anthony J. D’Angelo Sunday’s are always an interesting day for me because they are the day I write my Sunday post.  While here in … Continue reading

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Speed Bumps in Oaxaca (DOTD)

Speed Bumps in Oaxaca To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. ~ Thomas Campbell So last night I did something that I’ve wanted to do for a very long time, I visited a cemetery in Mexico … Continue reading

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Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land ‘Grok’ means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the process being observed — to experience. ~ Dr. Mahmoud (Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land) Greetings from Oaxaca City, … Continue reading

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A Beautiful Fall Day

A Beautiful Fall Day Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. ~ William Allingham Today was just a really wonderful day, the kind of day you hope to have … Continue reading

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Photographing, Montjuic Cemetery – Part 1

Photographing, Montjuic Cemetery – Part 1 Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.  What you have captured on film is captured forever…it remembers the little things long after you have forgotten everything. ~ Aaron Siskind I love … Continue reading

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Learning to Relax Again

Learning to Relax Again I’ve always been active – outdoors, on the beach, playing – and so to go home, and have to sit on my couch to relax…it’s frustrating.  Sometimes you really just have to shut yourself down. ~ … Continue reading

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