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Responsibility and Obligation

Responsibility and Obligation To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man.       ~ John Updike I … Continue reading

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Happiness is Poetry: Doug Draime

Happiness is Poetry: Doug Draime               I love Doug Draime’s work, the writing is good but the attitude is better, and even more than that is the honesty that comes through. I’ve always been … Continue reading

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Happiness Resources: Being Happy with Yourself

Happiness Resources: Being Happy with Yourself Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you’re most beautiful. ~ Zoe Kravitz The first and most important thing in being happy is to be happy and accepting … Continue reading

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Happiness Moments: Halloween with my nephews

Happiness Moments: Halloween with my nephews Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it. ~ Chuck Palahniuk So a new little writing experiment for the blog. I’ve … Continue reading

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Simple Lessons in Happiness

Simple Lessons in Happiness Smile every chance you get. Not because life has been easy, perfect, or exactly as you had anticipated, but because you choose to be happy and grateful for all the good things you do have and … Continue reading

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Cultivating the subtle in the pursuit of happiness

Cultivating the subtle in the pursuit of happiness When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.  ~ Lao Tzu Many years ago I started studying Tai Chi and Chi Qong with an instructor in … Continue reading

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Happy New Year 2021

Happy New Year 2021 A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being. ~ James E … Continue reading

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Happiness is Amateur Night: New Year’s Eve

Happiness is Amateur Night:  New Year’s Eve Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past.  Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.  ~Brooks Atkinson Happy New Year’s Eve my friends, … Continue reading

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A New Year’s Eve Memory

A New Year’s Eve Memory Memory is the diary all of us carry about with us. ~ Oscar Wilde So today a friend texted me to remind me our our New Year’s Eve celebration for the year 2000.  As you … Continue reading

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Holiday Happiness: Family, Friends & Your Environment

Holiday Happiness: Family, Friends & Your Environment I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a … Continue reading

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