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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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Holiday Happiness: Happy Foods

Holiday Happiness: Happy Foods I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.~ Jane Austen The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone and an exceptionally hard time for some.  So, until the New Year I’ll … Continue reading

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Holiday Happiness: Holiday Travel Tips, including Traveling with Kids

Holiday Happiness: Holiday Travel Tips, including Traveling with Kids The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.                     ~ Saint Augustine The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone and an exceptionally hard … Continue reading

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Happiness in Historic Times

Happiness in Historic Times None of us will ever forget living through 2020, first of all, pre-2020 this is what a lot of us were excited about: Then of course the pandemic hit, in February we were concerned, by March … Continue reading

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Holiday Happiness: Christmas Decorating Links and Tips

Holiday Happiness: Christmas Decorating Links and Tips By reshaping or decorating our outer selves, we express our inner sense of self: ‘I like that’ becomes ‘I’m like that. ~ Virginia Postrel The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone … Continue reading

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Himalayan Travelogue – The Whole Thing!

Himalayan Travelogue – The Whole Thing! Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame. … Continue reading

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Happiness Resources: Travel Makes You Happier

Happiness Resources: Travel Makes You Happier All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.            ~ Martin Buber I have been actively writing about happiness for almost six years now.  My work here at the Ministry of Happiness … Continue reading

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It’s ok not to be alright

It’s ok not to be alright I had a phone call with a colleague the other day, we hadn’t talked in some time.  I asked her how she was doing, she started to answer and stopped.  Then she said, “I’m … Continue reading

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Happy Travel Stories: Petra

Happy Travel Stories: Petra Wherever you go, go with all of your heart. ~ Confucius So I’ve been thinking recently about starting a new series of posts.  I have lots of little stories from my travels, things that happen that … Continue reading

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My Polar Bear Adventure

My Polar Bear Adventure Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is … Continue reading

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