Category Archives: personal happiness

Books for your Summer Reading List 2017

Books for your Summer Reading List 2017 Tonight a little post to help you find books for your summer reading list.  The focus for the list is books that aren’t too deep, about interesting topics and not too long, basically … Continue reading →

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Happiness, Wedding and Love

Happiness, Wedding and Love No relationship is all sunshine, but two people can share an umbrella and survive the storm ~ Unknown So this weekend I had the honor of officiating the wedding of the two fine people pictured above. … Continue reading →

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Musings on a Sunday Night

Musings on a Sunday Night Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.                     ~ Edgar Alan Poe … Continue reading →

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Happiness is a Book Club

Happiness is a Book Club There is nothing to writing. You just sit down at a typewriter and bleed.          ~ Rev Kane So, several months before I had published my book, Appalachian Trail Happiness, I got a note from a … Continue reading →

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Happiness can be a Rollercoaster

Happiness can be a Roller Coaster We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~ Frederick Keonig Ahh the best laid … Continue reading →

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Sometimes You Just Need a Weekend

Sometimes You Just Need a Weekend There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither. ~ Alan Cohen Over the last couple of weeks I’ve detailed that I’ve been struggling a bit lately.  … Continue reading →

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Happiness, Gossip & Comments

Happiness, Comments & Gossip What I’ve found – and the older I get, the more I understand this and stand behind it – is, my whole life has been an exploration of telling the truth. It’s scary to be truthful, … Continue reading →

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A Happy Transformation

A Happy Transformation  Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery – there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair. ~ Rick Warren Every … Continue reading →

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Hello 2017 – Here’s to Happiness in the New Year

Hello 2017 – Here’s to Happiness & Joy in the New Year Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster. ~ … Continue reading →

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I failed to achieve a single goal this year: It was a great year!

I failed to achieve a single goal this year: It was a great year! You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you … Continue reading →

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