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Embracing Fun and Play: The Path to Happiness
Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun. ~ Nina Dobrev Embracing Fun and Play: The Path to Happiness I’ve been thinking a lot about fun and play recently, likely because I’m having very little of either. … Continue reading
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The Joy of Growing and Cooking Food
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne It’s funny, because I’m a single guy and too many people have a sitcom level of understanding of the complexity of … Continue reading
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Miscellaneous Happiness
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. ~ Denis Waitely I’m wasted tired tonight, a bout of insomnia left me awake until 5AM … Continue reading
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Our Most Popular and Favorite Posts
Our Most Popular and Favorite Posts After doing the anniversary post last week, although it turns out my friend Bryan who texted me was correct and the platform was incorrect, it was my thirteenth anniversary not the eleventh for the … Continue reading
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The People Who Truly Like You and Bring You Joy
In our lives we have people who like us. People who enjoy our company, who enjoy doing certain activities with us or just enjoy an opportunity to chat with us. But there’s a small sub-set of people who no matter … Continue reading
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Happy Anniversary – Ministry of Happiness
An Update What’s the line, trust but verify, which is a way of saying don’t trust anybody. So in putting together my post for next week I went back over my post history and it’s not my 11th, but my … Continue reading
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A Happy Garden Update
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. ~ Alfred Austin I mentioned this in a post a … Continue reading
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Reminiscing about Happy Times
You know, you could kind of call this post a greatest hits list. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about adventure, I’m entering year five at my job and over the last 15 years I haven’t worked more than three … Continue reading
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Goal Setting for Happiness
I believe in goal setting, even for relaxation and vacation. So on my recent vacation I set some very specific goals. Goal number one was to do as little as possible. Goal number two was to maximize my relaxation by … Continue reading
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Time for a reset
I restore myself when I’m alone. ~ Marilyn Monroe It’s been a hell of a year. Honestly this spring semester has been the hardest semester since that very first semester of the pandemic. I’ve spent some time thinking about why? … Continue reading
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