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Happiness and Lo-carb Eating
Happiness and Lo-carb Eating Unfortunately for me I have a family pre-disposition to Type 2 diabetes. And over my life I haven’t helped myself by being overweight and having a deep affection for Coca-Cola. Type 2 Diabetes So for almost … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, diet, eating, food, fritters, happiness, keto, low carb, weight loss
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The Dude on Meditation & Buddhism
The Dude on Meditation & Buddhism The link below is to a really interesting interview with Jeff Bridges referred to me by my brother, and I realize not the typical post for this blog, but there is a connection. For … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, personal happiness
Tagged big lebowski, buddhism, happiness, jeff bridges, life, meditation, movies, serenity, the dude
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Happiness, Worry & the Dalai Lama’s Thoughts
Happiness, Worry & the Dalai Lama’s Thoughts If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is no help … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, cares, dalai lama, happiness, happy, inspiration, life, relaxation, worry
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Happiness Moments: Manta Ray Night Dive
Happiness Moments: Manta Ray Night Dive If you’re a regular reader you know my penchant for adventure and travel. I have wanted to see the world since I was a little kid. As a younger adult I had to be … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, Happiness Moments, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, diving, green sea turtle, happiness, hawaii, kona, manta ray, travel
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Happiness is Poetry: Warsan Shire
Happiness is Poetry: Warsan Shire Today a relatively recent discovery for me on the poetry front, Warsan Shire is amazing. Her poetry is at times very dark, but always passionate and powerful. We had a brief interaction on Twitter once, … Continue reading
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Tagged beyonce, happiness, happy, love, personal happiness, poem, poems, poetry, warsan shire, writing
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Happiness is Poetry: Peter McWilliams
Happiness is Poetry: Peter McWilliams Desire happiness, aspire to gratitude, long for health, crave compassion, seek satisfaction, lust after God, however & whatever you perceive God to be, want to love yourself, others & everything around you more and more … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, happiness, happy, love, peter mcwilliams, poem, poems, poetry, writing
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Happiness is being prepared
Happiness is being prepared Tonight a bit of a different kind of post for the Ministry of Happiness. It’s been a weekend where we have had several small earthquakes in the Bay Area of California. While I didn’t feel any … Continue reading
Happiness is Catching Leaves
Happiness is Catching Leaves It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them ~ Paulo Coelho It’s finally Fall, my favorite season of the year, the weather turns sunny but … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, blustery day, catching leaves, childhood, fall, happiness, paulo coehlo, play, winnie the pooh
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Living Your Choices
Living Your Choices Sooner or later, everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. ~ Rev Kane I’m posting an older picture of me tonight, I personally think it’s one of the two best pictures ever taken of me. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, be happy, choices, happiness, life choices, living with consequences
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Happy Spring Blooms
Happy Spring Blooms You can cut all of the flowers but you can’t keep spring from coming. ~ Pablo Neruda The last week has brought some really spectacular spring weather to the Bay Area of California where I live. First, … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID, flowers, happiness, photography, seasons, spring
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