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Three Questions, January 3, 2025

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Michael Kane

Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow. ~ Frank McCourt Three Questions, January 3, 2025 You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent post about it. I’ll be answering the questions each day for … Continue reading →

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Three Questions, January 2, 2025

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Michael Kane

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river. ~ Zhuangzi Three Questions, January 2, 2025 You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent … Continue reading →

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Three Questions, January 1, 2025

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Michael Kane

There really isn’t anything more refreshing then iced Coke out of the old-school glass bottles. ~ Mark Zupan Three Questions, January 1, 2025 What did I encounter that was beautiful today? I saw a little girl, around two years-old walking … Continue reading →

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Three Questions, December 31, 2024

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Michael Kane

Three Questions, December 31, 2024 You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent post about it. I’ll be answering the questions each day for the next year and putting this experience into a book. Here we … Continue reading →

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Hate won’t make you happy

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Michael Kane

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. ~ Confucius Hate won’t make … Continue reading →

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Happiness and Perspective

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Michael Kane

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It’s all a matter of perspective. ~ Harvey Mackay So last week, … Continue reading →

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Making Peace with the Past

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Michael Kane

When deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. ~ Alan Paton We all have things that we are working on, I’ve done a lot of work over the years on myself. I’ve made a lot … Continue reading →

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The first step leads to Happiness

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Michael Kane

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. ~ Laozi In this blog I have talked about many facets of happiness. Whether those are making sure that you are physically fit and well, or that you are … Continue reading →

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Celebrate for No Reason!

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Michael Kane

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by. – Alek Wek I’ve gone through a few months of really being in neutral. Not depressed … Continue reading →

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Podcasts Make Me Happy

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Michael Kane

Over the last few years, especially when working on a project in my office I’ve taken to listening to podcasts. The type of podcasts I’m talking about are for the most part serial stories, whether they are fictional radio plays … Continue reading →

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