Happiness

Top ten ways to be unhappy

Author presents a simple, proven 10-step plan to assist those who wish to stay miserable and unhappy or increase their present level of unhappiness.

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Whew! JoAnn and I have been going through the clutter in our house for the last three months preparatory to our proposed move to Denver, and I’m happy to say we should be finished by early next week. That’s when we plan to put the house up for sale. It’s been a laborious and stressful [...]

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Who truly deserves your love?

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha We live in challenging times. Perhaps the [...]

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The one gift that will never lose its luster

JoAnn was very sweet, but very firm, as she always is. She had ordered a new shirt and pants for me for Christmas, but the parcel arrived early. So she gave me a choice. I could start wearing my new clothes right away — which is the choice I made — or I could save [...]

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Is happiness hiding in plain sight?

Happiness was hiding “in plain sight.” All I had to do was pay attention to the little moments of my life.

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Trust life — like the cottonwood and the squirrel

Our house was built in 1981. There are two large trees in the backyard, no doubt planted at that date. One is a cottonwood — huge, masculine, towering over our tri-level house. The cottonwood tree is rugged. It has to be. Cottonwoods are prone to damage in storms, and we get quite a few during the [...]

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Giving our gift like a champion

There was a touching story in the Loveland newspaper this past week about the world’s fastest man and the animal kingdom’s fastest sprinter. The picture that went with the story showed Olympic champion Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, holding a three-month old male cheetah cub in his arms in Nairobi, Kenya. Bolt has adopted the cheetah [...]

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Top tips for a good relationship #1

What a beautiful thing it is when something happens that reminds us we are loved. Love is the supreme power of this universe, and when we touch that magical, indescribable power, even in the simplest of circumstances, we feel it in every fiber of our being. But love is not love unless truth is present [...]

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What is integrity?

A writer speaks about putting out words into the ether — not knowing if anyone will hear, or even care — and the joy that happens when an answering voice says, “thanks.”

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