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Happiness Moments: A Wonderful Surprise
Happiness Moments: A Wonderful Surprise Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. ~ Boris Pasternak So a new little writing experiment for the blog. I’ve been wanting to find a way to do some free writing as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellwether Award, community college, education, Hartnell College, MESA, STEM, surprise
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Happiness in Historic Times
Happiness in Historic Times None of us will ever forget living through 2020, first of all, pre-2020 this is what a lot of us were excited about: Then of course the pandemic hit, in February we were concerned, by March … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, COVID, CRISPR, discovery, geminid meteor shower, happiness, historic times, science, singularity, voyager
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Happiness Resources: Travel Makes You Happier
Happiness Resources: Travel Makes You Happier All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. ~ Martin Buber I have been actively writing about happiness for almost six years now. My work here at the Ministry of Happiness … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, biking, bucket list, festivals, fun, happiness, hiking, travel
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World’s Best Travel Locations – Part 2
World’s Best Travel Locations – Part 2 I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. ~ Rosalia de Castro Follow up post to my post … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, best of, bucket list, nepal, photography, scotland, the united states, travel
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It’s ok not to be alright
It’s ok not to be alright I had a phone call with a colleague the other day, we hadn’t talked in some time. I asked her how she was doing, she started to answer and stopped. Then she said, “I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged are you ok, coronavirus, COVID, COVID 19, covid times, depression, guild, happiness, I'm not ok, sadness
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Happiness and my Burning Man Adventure
Happiness and my Burning Man Adventure Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward. ~ Drew Houston Shortly before my 40th birthday I made one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, be happy, bucket list, burning man, burningman, festival, happiness, peace, playa, relaxation
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Happiness Moments: The National Anthem
Happiness Moments: The National Anthem Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used … Continue reading
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Tagged college, fraternity, happiness, Happiness Moments, jimi hendrix, national anthem, writing
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A Nice Quiet Thanksgiving Weekend
A Nice Quiet Thanksgiving Weekend If you’re not able to sit down and do nothing for 1 hour, you’re addicted to stimulation, and you will never attain true happiness. ~ Robert Celner I had some grand plans for the Thanksgiving … Continue reading
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