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My Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike – 2020
My Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike – 2020 There are some good things to be said about walking. Not many, but some. Walking takes longer, for example, than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and … Continue reading
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Tagged baker beach, california, hike, ocean, san francisco, thanksgiving, tradition, walk
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ~ Alfred North Whitehead Happy Thanksgiving! Most of us were taught a lovely fairy-tale about the … Continue reading
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Tagged family, gratitude, happiness, history, holiday, lincoln, native americans, pilgrims, thanksgiving, turkey
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Giving is Kindness and Applied Gratitude
Giving is Kindness and Applied Gratitude Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~ Lao Tzu We’re well into the month of November, truly one of my favorite months for a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, Christmas, giving, gratitude, halloween, happiness, holiday season, kindness, love, thanksgiving
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Appalachian Trail Happiness: My Favorite Little Hiker
Appalachian Trail Happiness: My Favorite Little Hiker As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, children, happiness, hiking, life, life hack, nature
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Fighting the darkness
Fighting the darkness People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. ~ Elisabeth … Continue reading
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Tagged altruism, be happy, Christmas, clock change, darkness, depression, happiness, holidays, mood, thanksgiving
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Happiness Resources – Improving Your Mood
By the miracle of technology I’m able to share a bit of happy news while I’m out hiking thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, enjoy my friends and have a happy day ~ Rev Kane Continue reading
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Tagged advice, buddha, depression, happiness, mood, mood booster, self-help, the blues
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Happy Veterans Day
Happy Veterans Day There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. ~ Alexander Hamilton Originally posted in 2017 Happy Veterans Day my friends! I am not a flag … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged american flag, be happy, happiness, happy veterans day, honor, military, patriotism, veteran, veterans day, war
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My COVID Times Diary: Here we go again!
My COVID Times Diary: Here we go again! Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. ~ George Satayana So here we go again, people haven’ learned, haven’t taken it seriously and the coronavirus has come roaring back. … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, coronavirus, COVID, COVID 19, covid times, history, pandemic
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Happiness and Healing a Nation
Happiness and Healing a Nation I don’t normally talk politics in this column, and honestly, tonight’s post really isn’t political. America has been politically divided for some time. Over the last four years that division has seemed particularly deep and … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, election, happiness, healing, peace, politics, trump, unity
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Thank you for Voting
Thank you for Voting Too many people fought too hard to make sure that all citizens of all colors, races, ethnicities, genders and abilities can vote to think that not voting somehow sends a message. ~ Luis Gutierrez From all … Continue reading
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Tagged american flag, democracy, democrat, politics, republican, voting
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