Happiness is St. Patrick’s Day

Happiness is St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time – a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic.  ~Adrienne Cook

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Given my heritage it would be wrong to ignore the happiness of St. Patrick’s Day.  For me, St. Patrick’s Day, like most holidays revolves around food.  There is no other time of year that I crave corned beef and cabbage like I do around St. Patrick’s Day.  This year since I’m growing cabbage and carrots it will be a little extra special since my corned beef and cabbage will include my own homegrown vegetables.  I didn’t grow up particularly Irish, but St. Patrick’s was certainly the exception and one day of year where that part of my heritage was celebrated.  Although for most folks it’s a day to wear a little green and drink some beer, unfortunately usually to excess, for me it’s a day to be proud to be Irish.  So today my friends, wear a little bit of the green, have a cup of tea, maybe a little bit of corned beef and enjoy being unofficially Irish today and have a happy day my friends          ~ Rev Kane

A few resources and pieces related to the best of Ireland:

Great site with videos on almost everything you could imagine related to St. Patrick’s Day.

Happiness is Cycling Ireland

Happiness is Photography: Ireland

Discover Ireland

My favorite village in Irelan, Doolin

The one place in Ireland I’ve yet to visit the a little video of photos from the Dingle Peninsula

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Happiness is Laughter: Kittens & Puppies

Happiness is Laughter: Kittens & Puppies

A day without laughter is a day wasted ~ Charlie Chaplin

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Tonight just some shameless cuteness, kittens and puppies and lots of reasons to smile, enjoy and have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane

Top ten kitten videos

Epic cat videos

Shadow boxing kitten

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Cutest puppies of all time

10 cute puppy videos

And here’s 10 more

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Laughter is Happiness: Cop Humor

Laughter is Happiness: Cop Humor

Tonight a tour around the web to raise a style, a little police humor for my friends on the job and those who appreciate them, have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane

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Cop learns about gun rights

Ok, this might be the most patient cop on Earth, the very end might be the funniest part

Great car chase, but stop once they get her, the rest is an ad.

Clip from a prank show, very funny

Not sure I believe this is real but hey laughter is happiness

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Random Happiness: Live Animal Cams

Random Happiness: Live Animal Cams

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Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca

We’ve talked before about the importance of nature and the benefits of spending time out in nature away from society’s craziness and noise.  It would be ideal if every day we could take some time out to walk in nature and recalibrate ourselves.  Unfortunately for many of us we live and work in places where that’s not possible.  So today I thought I would post some links to some live animal cams, perhaps a way to get a little nature time without even leaving your desk.  So take a gander and a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane

Animal Planet has a number of cams available on their site and their HD cams so the images are great.

First a site from the Smithsonian National Zoo that gives you a number of animal cams you can look at including otters, leopards, lions and pandas.

You have to register for National Geographic wild cam to get access, but it is free and pretty cool.

A great collection of wild animal cams in nature

I think these are all recorded but some great footage of wild animals

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Random Happiness: Nature Sounds

Random Happiness: Nature Sounds

Unaka enhancedGreat things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street. ~ William Blake

So today in my tour around the web I encountered and interesting story on NPR about rare earth sounds including such things as tuba sounds made by sand dunes.  I’ve always been fascinated by sound in nature whether it be the boiling cobblestone beaches or the cacophony of sounds at night in the Amazonian Rainforests in Brazil or even the natural quiet you can find deep in the forest.  Tonight a few links, some happy audio to help you have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane

Radio Stories

Listening to wild soundscapes

Nature’s symphony

A collection of global soundscape links

YouTube Clips

10 Incredible sounds, you have to check out the Pulsar sound it’s amazing

Thunderstorm

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Happiness is Laughter: Laughing Babies

Happiness is Laughter: Laughing Babies

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.            ~ Mark Twain

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I read a disturbing statistic the other day in a Psychology Today piece, it said that a four-year-old laughs 300 times per day and a forty-year-old only four times a day.  That number seems insane, until you spend some time around a four-year-old.  Then the whole things switches for me, why do we laugh so little as adults?  We need to laugh more, laughing makes us happy and in fact may even make us healthier.

So my friends we need to laugh more and to try to help you out with that here are a few videos that hopefully will bring some smiles, laughs and help you have a happier day my friends ~ Rev Kane

The first laughing baby, laughing at ripped paper.

Next my favorite laughing baby video.

Finally, a quadruplet crack up of laughing babies, too funny:

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Happiness Resources: A Deeper Look

Happiness Resources: A Deeper Look

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. ~ The Buddha

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Tonight in touring around the web I decided to look for more in depth and scholarly pieces, so tonight resources for those of you who want to take a little deeper dive into the idea of how to have happier days my friends ~ Rev Kane

First a great piece from the NY Times, A Formula for Happiness 

A foundational piece in the field of happiness by the Economist to explain to you why you’re so miserable as a teenager or why you’re getting happier in middle-age.  The U-Bend

A much better than normal piece from the Huffington Post, The Habits of Supremely Happy People

A very interesting piece from the Atlantic, How to Hardwire Your Brain for Happiness 

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Happiness Resources: Great Happiness Websites

Happiness Resources: Great Happiness Websites

Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving ~ Og Mandino

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Hello my friends, I often do tours across the web for you and today I thought I would provide you with several of my go to sites for resources on how to have a happier day ~ Rev Kane

Zen Habits – From my perspective the best site on the web if you are looking for information on how to live a better, healthier and happier life.

The Tiny Buddha – The Tiny Buddha is awesome, like them on Facebook because their Facebook page consistently puts out great articles on your page.

Mind, Body, Green – Very much like the Tiny Buddha, Mind – Body – Green puts out really great stuff on a consistent basis.

The Happiness Project – this is Gretchen Rubin’s site based on the book of the same name, consistently good information on happiness and living better.

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Happiness is Laughter: Funny Signs

Happiness is Laughter: Funny Signs

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I am thankful for laughter except when milk comes out of my nose                     ~ Woody Allen

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Happiness is Laughter

Happiness is Laughter

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive. ~ Bill Cosby

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I read a disturbing statistic the other day in a Psychology Today piece, it said that a four-year-old laughs 300 times per day and a forty-year-old only four times a day.  That number seems insane, until you spend some time around a four-year-old.  Then the whole things switches for me, why do we laugh so little as adults?  We need to laugh more, laughing makes us happy and in fact may even make us healthier.

So my friends we need to laugh more and to try to help you out with that I’m starting a new regular post on Happiness and Laughter, hopefully it will bring some smiles, laughs and help you have happier days my friends ~ Rev Kane

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