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Happiness is a Powerball Jackpot
Happiness is a Powerball Jackpot I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money ~ Pablo Picasso This week’s Powerball jackpot is 1.5 billion dollars as I write this, the worlds largest ever lottery jackpot. Yes I … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness, Random Happiness
Tagged Batman, daydream, fantasy fest, happiness, lottery, money, Pittsburgh Steelers, powerball, TED talk, writing
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A Happy Convergence
A Happy Convergence The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~ Ashley Montagu I was driving the other day and the phone rang, it was … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged be positive, family, happiness, perspective, positivity, silver linings, worry
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Why I’m Happy Right Now!
Why I’m Happy Right Now! The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it ~ Richard Bach I’m having a little trouble tonight coming up with my Sunday night post. This is the one night of … Continue reading
Posted in How to be happy, personal happiness
Tagged appalachian trail, bucket list, children, family, granny, happiness, life, love, positivity
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A New Year and Some Questions for You
A New Year and Some Questions for You How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~ Anne Frank Welcome to the new year, you made it, so far in life, … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, facebook, happiness, new year, positivity, twitter, writing
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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
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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