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This close to perfect!

Posted on August 25, 2024 by Michael Kane

To search for perfection is all very well, but to look for Heaven, is to live here in Hell. ~ Sting, “Consider Me Gone.” This close to perfect! When I was studying Qigong, sifu would watch my forms and walk … Continue reading →

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Happy Little Secret Spot: Levi’s Plaza

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Michael Kane

Bob Haas, then chairman of Levi’s said that he wanted it to feel like a well-worn pair of blue jeans. And that’s what we tried to do —it’s off the cuff, never symmetrical, it’s easy-going and relaxed. ~ Architect Bill … Continue reading →

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Small Kindnesses Bring Happiness

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Michael Kane

That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. ~ William Wordsworth Today I was driving and was craving a milkshake, I behaved myself and didn’t give into the craving. However it brought … Continue reading →

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Happiness is Walking San Francisco

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Michael Kane

San Francisco itself is art… every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller within immortal. That is the whole truth. ~ William Saroyan So San Francisco has been on social media in … Continue reading →

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Simple Happiness

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Michael Kane

If you don’t embrace who you are and accept who you are, you won’t be able to live a happy life. ~ Ciara Simple Happiness While I may be a deep and over complicated thinker who has difficulty slowing his … Continue reading →

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Happiness through Japanese Philosophy

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Michael Kane

While social media can without a doubt be a cesspool of terrible information, occasionally you come across something that is really useful, I found the image above to be just that. So let’s talk about these ideas. Ikigai – I … Continue reading →

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Happiness in the Apocalypse

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Michael Kane

Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings obliteration. I will face my fear and I will permit it to pass over me and through me. ~ Frank Herbert, Dune Hello friends and welcome to the apocalypse, … Continue reading →

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A Post for the Lonely People

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Michael Kane

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. ~ Mother Teresa Tonight a post for the lonely people, sure, might benefit you all but I’m writing specifically to the lonely amongst us. First off, I’m one … Continue reading →

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Making Peace with the Past

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Michael Kane

When deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. ~ Alan Paton We all have things that we are working on, I’ve done a lot of work over the years on myself. I’ve made a lot … Continue reading →

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Happy little weekend in Monterey

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Michael Kane

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ~ Jacques Yves Cousteau So, I have been doing a bit of a farewell California tour the last couple of months. Preparing for my move … Continue reading →

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