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Thank You Dear Readers!
Thank You Dear Readers! Our primary purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. ~ Dalai Lama It has been a happy and wonderful year! For me personally I … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness, Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged appalachian trail, best of, happiness, holidays, new year, positivity, stress, success, worry, year end
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Alternative New Year’s Eve Celebrations
Alternative New Year’s Eve Celebrations Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to. ~ Bill Vaughan So New Year’s Eve is coming, amateur night as I like to … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged children, cooking, food, fun, happiness, jennifer lawrence, kids, movies, new year's eve, snipe hunt
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Happy Christmas? Thoughts on the holiday season.
Happy Christmas? Thoughts on the holiday season. The main reason Santa is so jolly is that he knows where all the bad girls live ~ George Carlin I have been working on making the Ministry of Happiness posts more consistent, … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged anxiety, Christmas, depression, happiness, holidays, new year's eve, new years, positivity, smile
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Happiness is a Polar Bear Adventure – Part 1 (The Tundra)
Happiness is a Polar Bear Adventure –Part 1 (The Tundra) As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. ~ Leonardo da Vinci As many of you know, a little over a year ago … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, arctic, aurora, churchill, happiness, Northern lights, Polar bear, rover, travel, tundra
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Happiness is Granny
Happiness is Granny Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose … Continue reading
My Odd New Life
My Odd New Life Happiness is not something ready made, it comes from your actions ~ Dalai Lama So I’m at the end of my first full week inside of my temporary new life here in Florida. I’ve figured out … Continue reading
Happiness, Cynicism & Paris
Happiness, Cynicism & Paris It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad; and it is, better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged happiness, immigrants, immigration, isis, islam, kindness, muslims, paris, paris attacks, religion, terrorism
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Happy World Kindness Day!
Happy World Kindness Day! A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. ~ William Arthur Ward Happy World Kindness Day! I used the quote above for a specific reason, we often see things like World Kindness Day and think, … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged angels, giving, gratitude, happiness, inspiration, kindness, positivity, quotes, smile, world happiness day
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Happiness & A New Home
Happiness & A New Home So as I’ve mentioned before I am taking a few months to work on a book about my Appalachian Trail experience this Summer. So in order to accomplish this I needed a place to hang … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness, Random Happiness
Tagged art, change, florida, friends, happiness, life, pensacola, positivity
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Happiness is Fantasy Fest
Happiness is Fantasy Fest For those who are not aware, Fantasy Fest is the annual Halloween Celebration in Key West, FL. In reality it is half Halloween celebration, half Mardis Gras. It’s a very accepting and permissive place and festival … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged costumes, fantasy fest, fun, halloween, happiness, Key west, mardis gras, travel
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