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The Best Happiness

Posted on January 19, 2023 by hernibs

Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard’s rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment – A little makes the way of the best happiness. ~Nietzsche

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Be Happy

Posted on July 11, 2021 by hernibs

If you would be happy for a week, take a wife:If you would be happy for a month, kill your pig; But if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden. ~ Chinese proverb

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Happiness

Posted on July 27, 2019 by hernibs

Happiness doesn’t have to be chased… it merely has to be chosen. ~Mandy Hale

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Essentials of Happiness

Posted on January 25, 2019 by hernibs

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~Allan K. Chalmers

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Just Being Happy

Posted on August 22, 2018 by hernibs

Happily ever after was a fairy tale I so much wanted to live in. But now  happy is in spite of what I don’t like, overlooking what I can’t change, making do with what I have, not hoping for more. … Continue reading →

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Nothing says summer as well as a pot of Marigolds

Posted on May 25, 2017 by hernibs

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach. ~Unknown

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Look To This Day

Posted on April 6, 2017 by hernibs

Look to this day For yesterday is but a dream, And tomorrow is only a vision, But today, well lived, Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness And every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. … Continue reading →

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Happiness

Posted on February 20, 2017 by hernibs

One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy. ~ Leo Tolstoy

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Being Before Doing

Posted on January 12, 2017 by hernibs

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier. The way it actually works is in reverse. You … Continue reading →

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Growing Happiness

Posted on July 8, 2016 by hernibs

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise man grows it under his feet. ~James Oppenheim

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Happiness

Posted on June 8, 2016 by hernibs

Doing what you like is freedom; liking what you do is happiness. ~Unknown

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Rain On Apricot Leaves

Posted on April 23, 2016 by hernibs

Anyone who thinks only sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain. ~Unknown

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Key To Happiness

Posted on February 12, 2016 by hernibs

Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket. ~ unknown

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Finding Happiness

Posted on June 22, 2015 by hernibs

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ~Agnes Repplier

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Thoughts In The Middle of the Night Part 1

Posted on December 16, 2014 by hernibs

Love is not qualified: ‘if you do, say, show’ or ‘when you. . .’ then I’ll love you. Happiness is not quantified: ‘when I . . . ‘when you. . . then happiness will happen’ Love IS. And Light IS, … Continue reading →

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