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Random Happiness – Videos: Inspiration, Kindness, Gratitude

Random Happiness – Videos: Inspiration, Kindness, Gratitude The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart ~ Helen Keller So tonight a collection of videos that … Continue reading

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Eight Characteristics of Happy People and How to Become One

Eight Characteristics of Happy People and How to Become One So tonight we start with 8 characteristics of happy people as presented by The Happiness Institute.  Characteristics are great, but how do you get to have these characteristics, so I’m linking … Continue reading

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Happiness and Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)

Happiness and Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) We often busy ourselves in order to forget the poignant and ephemeral nature of our lives. ~ Rev Kane High Blood Pressure In some ways, blood pressure is the bane of my existence.  I … Continue reading

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National Poetry Month: A Eulogy to Amuse the Penguins

National Poetry Month: A Eulogy to Amuse the Penguins Age is just a number.  Life and aging are the best gifts we could ever have.      ~ Cicely Tyson So given it’s national poetry month I thought I would … Continue reading

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Happiness & Selected Families

Happiness & Selected Families Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.  ~Marcel Proust Although your personal happiness depends first and foremost on you, others can help you … Continue reading

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Happiness, asking for what you really want

Happiness, asking for what you really want There are two things to aim at in life:  first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it.  Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.  ~Logan Pearsall Smith Recently … Continue reading

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Remembering My Granny: Two Years After

Remembering My Granny: Two Years After A quick note tonight just a couple of posts in memory of my Granny who past away two years ago today.  Enjoy ~ Rev Kane Life Lessons from Granny Happiness is Granny

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Happiness is Burning Man: Coming Home

Happiness is Burning Man: Coming Home Happiness comes from…some curious adjustment to life ~ Hugh Walpole I wrote the piece below five years ago for a former blog of mine.  It’s about the depression many of us suffer when we … Continue reading

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Happiness and Family: Update

Happiness and Family: Update Today an update to a piece I wrote in 2012.  The first little update is my flock or gang, (depending on their moods), of nieces and nephews has grown from five to seven.  My brother and … Continue reading

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Trail Family Meeting on the Appalachian Trail

Trail Family Meeting on the Appalachian Trail Only one who wanders finds a new path ~ Norwegian Proverb So as I posted recently my friend Awesome is thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail.  We hiked together on the AT back in 2015 … Continue reading

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