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Good Friends and Getting Older

Good Friends and Getting Older We can’t avoid age.  However, we can avoid some aging.  Continue to do things. Be active.  Life is fantastic in the way it adjusts to demands; if you use your muscles and mind, they stay … Continue reading

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Appalachian Trail Happiness: Precious Moments, all three parts.

Appalachian Trail Happiness: Precious Moments, all three parts Here are all three parts of my post on my favorite moments from my thru-hike attempt this past Summer.  I was only able to do 1000 miles but the community, the memories … Continue reading

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Appalachian Trail Happiness: Precious Moments – Part 1

Appalachian Trail Happiness: Precious Moments When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. ~ Marcus Aurelius Today’s post is a special one … Continue reading

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Happiness is Making Connections and Having an Impact

Happiness is Making Connections and Having an Impact Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel and the tragic … Continue reading

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Are you noticed, valued and loved?

Are you noticed, valued and loved? There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved ~ George Sand So ideas for posts come from lots of different places.  Today, as I was doing my daily Twitter posts, … Continue reading

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What is your most persistent delusion?

What is your most persistent delusion? For me, it is better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, no matter how satisfying or reassuring. ~ Carl Sagan Ahh, this is one of those really … Continue reading

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Happiness is New York City

Happiness is New York City Give me such shows — give me the streets of Manhattan! ~ Walt Whitman Coming home to New York, since the birth of my nephew Yogi, also means a trip to NYC,Little Italy specifically where … Continue reading

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Life is Hard, But We Keep Moving

Life is Hard, But We Keep Moving We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ~ Barbara de Angelis A warm winter in some ways seems like a blessing, … Continue reading

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How to be Happy Everyday

How to be Happy Everyday Every Sunday morning I start out the day wondering what I will do for my Sunday night post.  I try to make these more reflective, a little more focused on my everyday life.  I try … Continue reading

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Friends on the Road

My 2018 Adventure – Friends on the Road I have wandered all of my life and also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ~ Hilaire Belloc My 2018 … Continue reading

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