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Chasing Happiness in 2025
Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don’t just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, cancer, depression, happiness, happy, healing, health, life, mental health, positivity, writing
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I’ve Got Nothin!
You can’t fix yourself out of a mental health issue. You can’t wake up and say, ‘Today I’m not being depressed!’ It’s a process to get well, but there is recovery. ~ Margaret Trudeau I’ve Got Nothin! I’ve been writing … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, be happy, depression, happiness, happy, life, marrakesh, morrocco, nature, positivity, snakes, travel, wildlife, writing
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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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Tagged addiction, be happy, birthday, childhood, depression, family, happiness, happy, happy birthday, life, love, writing
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Incremental Steps to Happiness
We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem. ~ Douglas Adams Incremental Steps to Happiness This week was my first week back to work and I’d forgotten how utterly … Continue reading
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Happiness and Getting Old
Happiness and Getting Old So there is one thing we have no control over and that is the march of time. We are all getting older all of the time and eventually we will all get old. It’s also coming … Continue reading
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My New Hiking Audiobook is Live
To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live. – Tenzing Norgay My New Hiking Audiobook is Live Ten years ago I hiked a thousand miles on the Appalachian Trail, after coming off of the trail I spent three months … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, happiness, hike, hiking, PCT, writing
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Remembering My Appalachian Trail Hike
Every walk of life falls under the Testicular Imperative: Either you have the world by them, or it has you. ~ Colin Fletcher Remembering My Appalachian Trail Hike So I had a goal for my time off for medical leave, … Continue reading
D-Day: Always Remember
So much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only six miles long and two miles wide. ~ Barack Obama D-Day: Always … Continue reading
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Tagged D-Day, family, famlly, grandpa, grandparents, life, love, Normandy, remember, veterans, writing, wwii
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The Deliberate Progress of Patience and Intentionality
Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored. ~ David Byrne The Deliberate Progress of Patience and Intentionality As most of you are quite aware I’m at home recovering from open heart … Continue reading
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Rev Kane’s Wild Ride: 42 is the number
Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ~ Douglas Adams The number 42 finds constant and cosmic significance in my life. Why is this meaningful? Well, in Douglas Adams’ masterpiece of a book, The Hitchiker’s … Continue reading
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