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My Happy Little Garden
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero One of the downsides of apartment living for me is the lack of opportunity for gardening. Ever since I was five, I’ve grown … Continue reading
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Relative Happiness
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. ~ Marcus Aurelius It’s been a cold and very rainy winter in the California Bay Area, at least by our normal … Continue reading
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Happiness and Technology
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ~ Arthur C. Clarke The impact of technology on human happiness is a subject of much debate. While some people argue that technology is making us more isolated and unhappy, others suggest … Continue reading
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Take a breath, be kind, give grace!
It feels a little bit like the world has gone mad. At almost any point in life, we all know someone going through some struggles. Right now, frankly, it feels like I don’t know anyone not going through some kind … Continue reading
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It’s about being considerate
We’re living in the golden age of selfishness and entitlement. There is a lot of debate about why this is, but frankly I don’t care how it has come to be. What I’m interested in, is what do we do … Continue reading
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Pleasure, Meaning and Engagement
Happiness is not a goal, it’s a by product. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt A lot of the research around happiness boils happiness down to these three things pleasure, meaning and engagement. So for something to make you happy it first needs … Continue reading
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Some Life Wisdom
So, as someone who researches and writes on happiness I get a lot of life wisdom, how to be happy, etc…pieces that show up on my feed and in my inbox. A lot of them I quickly dismiss, most I … Continue reading
A thank you to teachers
Tonight a joint post on two of my blogs the Ministry of Happiness and Higher Ed Mentor. It’s been a crazy year in education and as we wrap up the fall semester and I’m seeing what some of my faculty … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, education, gratitude, higher ed mentor, looking back, suny plattsburgh, teachers, teaching
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Nobody is happy all of the time
So I missed my Sunday night post for the first time in a quite some time. My apologies to those of you who look for that post on Sunday night or Monday morning. The fact is I was on the … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, blog, depression, happiness, life, mental health
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