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Happy New Year

Happiness is where we begin, not something we’ve earned at the end. We get to be happy now, right in the midst of it all as it unfolds. Happiness is not selfish, nor is it at the expense of others. (If my neighbor is suffering, I can’t truly be happy.) Happiness involves caring about and […]

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Sometimes you have to just surrender to the adventure

Did you know that laundry can be an adventure? Me neither. Until those facilities here at our Winter Quarters shut down because of frozen drainage lines. Closed until spring thaw. Isn’t it interesting how something can make total sense and yet be so surreal at the same time?

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Here’s to happy

When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. John Lennon Joy is our birthright. Happiness is not a result, it’s a choice. We don’t have to […]

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FUN is a spiritual practice

Wow. Just, wow. Give this a seriously playful ten minutes, daily. I dare you. You will find your own holy shift.

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Seeing the hard calls for what they are

We often confuse difficult choices with no choice at all. Kerri Richardson, From Clutter to Clarity I see myself in this. “I really had no choice.” Didn’t I…? How often do I use this as an unconscious reason for my inactions? For my actions? For not making the hard call. For making the hard call, […]

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