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Rev Kane’s Wild Ride: My Little Friends

Children see magic because they look for it. ~ Christopher Moore Rev Kane’s Wild Ride: My Little Friends I love little kids, particularly toddlers. And I really wish that in our society expressing that thought as an unmarried man didn’t … Continue reading

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Three Questions, April 6, 2025

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. ~ Francis Bacon Three Questions, April 6, 2025 You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent post about it. I’ll be answering the questions … Continue reading

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Three Questions, March 30, 2025

The soul is healed by being with children. ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky  Three Questions, March 30, 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 the … Continue reading

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Three Questions, December 9, 2024

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~ Ashley Montagu Three Questions, December 9, 2024 You can find the background to The Three Questions in … Continue reading

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Have Tiny Fun to be Happy

To be more childlike, you don’t have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and … Continue reading

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What will be your next moment of joy?

What will be your next moment of  joy? I’ve been thinking a lot about joy lately.  Not happiness, but joy, that childlike feeling where you’re so happy in the moment you’re actually giddy and giggling.  Over the last couple of … Continue reading

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Holiday Happiness: Elf on the Shelf Ideas

Holiday Happiness: Elf on the Shelf Ideas The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone and an exceptionally hard time for some.  So, until the New Year I’ll be posting a Holiday Happiness post each day to try help … Continue reading

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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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What makes a person truly happy

What makes a person truly happy They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.  ~ Tom Bodett Originally posted 2018 The picture … Continue reading

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The Best Day of his Life

The Best Day of his Life Originally posted in March, 2012 So it’s been a pretty crappy day, my job has some political aspects to it and sometimes I end up in some incredibly difficult conversations and live those minutes … Continue reading

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