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Happiness and my Burning Man Adventure
Happiness and my Burning Man Adventure Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward. ~ Drew Houston Shortly before my 40th birthday I made one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, be happy, bucket list, burning man, burningman, festival, happiness, peace, playa, relaxation
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Walking in Oaxaca
Walking in Oaxaca He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Originally posted October 30, 2018 So today I … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Adventure
Tagged adventure, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, halloween, happiness, krampus, photography, travel
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Happiness Moments: The National Anthem
Happiness Moments: The National Anthem Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness Moments, personal happiness
Tagged college, fraternity, happiness, Happiness Moments, jimi hendrix, national anthem, writing
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A Nice Quiet Thanksgiving Weekend
A Nice Quiet Thanksgiving Weekend If you’re not able to sit down and do nothing for 1 hour, you’re addicted to stimulation, and you will never attain true happiness. ~ Robert Celner I had some grand plans for the Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Happiness is Swimming with Whale Sharks
Happiness is Swimming with Whale Sharks The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. ~ Christopher McCandless Update: Trixie the Whale Shark pictured above has unfortunately died, very sad, she was a gentle and … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure
Tagged adventure, Aquarium, burning man, georgia aquarium, happiness, ireland, mt. everest, nature, sharks, whale sharks
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ~ Alfred North Whitehead Happy Thanksgiving! Most of us were taught a lovely fairy-tale about the … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged family, gratitude, happiness, history, holiday, lincoln, native americans, pilgrims, thanksgiving, turkey
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Happiness is Thanksgiving, Kindness & Gratitude
Happiness is Thanksgiving, Kindness & Gratitude Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. … Continue reading
Posted in Random Happiness
Tagged cooking, depression, food, giving, gratitude, happiness, holidays, kindness, positivity, thanksgiving
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Giving is Kindness and Applied Gratitude
Giving is Kindness and Applied Gratitude Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~ Lao Tzu We’re well into the month of November, truly one of my favorite months for a lot … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged be happy, Christmas, giving, gratitude, halloween, happiness, holiday season, kindness, love, thanksgiving
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Appalachian Trail Happiness: My Favorite Little Hiker
Appalachian Trail Happiness: My Favorite Little Hiker As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, children, happiness, hiking, life, life hack, nature
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Fighting the darkness
Fighting the darkness People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. ~ Elisabeth … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged altruism, be happy, Christmas, clock change, darkness, depression, happiness, holidays, mood, thanksgiving
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