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Quiet Sunday Mornings Make Me Happy

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ~ Khalil Gibran Quiet Sunday Mornings Make Me Happy Whenever possible I … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Happiness is Change

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. ~ Frank Herbert Sometimes Happiness is Change It’s been a hell of a fifteen to eighteen months. From my heart surgery, to my mother’s illness and death, … Continue reading →

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What I Learned this Year

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. ~ Thomas Paine What I Learned this Year As I’ve relayed here the last year, and in fact now about the last fifteen months, have … Continue reading →

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Happiness: The Next Phase

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road. ~ Dag Hammarskjold Happiness: The Next Phase Life happens in phases or … Continue reading →

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Music, Memories and Happiness

Without music, life would be a mistake. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Music, Memories and Happiness Music is incredibly important to me, there is not a day that goes by that I don’t have music around me. I play it when I … Continue reading →

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Taking the Pressure is off!

Hermits have no peer pressure. ~ Steven Wright Taking the pressure off! It’s been a hell of a last year and a lot of things have gone wrong. And happily, lately, more things are starting to go right than wrong. … Continue reading →

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Life When You Won’t Settle

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson Life When You Won’t Settle So, there is something about me, some people think it’s a stubborn nature, but that’s not … Continue reading →

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Living in the Season of Death and Dying

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. ~ George Eliot Living in the Season of Death and Dying Tis the season I guess, the season of death and dying. My mother passed just about a … Continue reading →

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Level Down Your Kindness

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~ Aesop Level Down Your Kindness I’ve been quiet on here for a good reason, life has been complex and difficult recently. I was standing in the hall at … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! ~ Dr. Suess Happy Birthday to Me! I’ve always had a complicated relationship with my birthday, I imagine most people do. … Continue reading →

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