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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
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, personal happiness
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
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, personal happiness
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
Posted in Happiness Moments, personal happiness
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
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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