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Happiness is Poetry: Rumi
Happiness is Poetry: Rumi Tonight I gift you with a long and wonderful piece on falling in love by Rumi. Hard to imagine his work is over 600 years old, but if you’ve never read any you’re missing out. Enjoy … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Pablo Neruda
Happiness is Poetry: Pablo Neruda To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life ~ T S Eliot Tonight my favorite romantic poet, I’ve never read anyone … Continue reading
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Notice the Small Things
Notice the Small Things We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. ~ Mother Teresa So today I want to talk about … Continue reading
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Happiness Resources – Deeper Reading
Happiness Resources – Deeper Reading Tonight a tour around the web to give you some deeper reading resources on happiness. Usually we give you smaller pieces that you can read quickly, so tonight some deeper pieces, articles you can sink … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Gregory Corso
Happiness is Poetry: Gregory Corso I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them – they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. ~ Gregory Corso Another poet I found via the American Bible of Outlaw … Continue reading
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Happiness and Compassion
Happiness and Compassion If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~ Dalai Lama One of the things I admire most about the Dalai Lama is his commitment to compassion. Most … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Hosho McCreesh
Happiness is Poetry: Hosho McCreesh So tonight my friends, the poetry of Hosho McCreesh, a poet I discovered in my communication with Doug Draime who recommended him to me. Not suprisingly, Doug was right on the money. Much like Doug’s … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Pablo Neruda
LoHappiness is Poetry: Pablo Neruda Today another one of my favorite poets, Pablo Neruda almost the polar opposite of Bukowski, Pablo Neruda immerses himself in love and beauty and of course a bit of happiness. So today, Ode to the … Continue reading
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Appalachian Trail Happiness: Acceptance is the Way
Appalachian Trail Happiness: Acceptance is the Way My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations ~ Michael J Fox Tonight an excerpt from my book, Appalachian Trail Happiness. When you set out … Continue reading
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