Monthly Archives: September 2020
Happiness: Strive, Fail, Suffer, Choose
I strive, I meet resistance, I give up.…or…I strive, I meet resistance, I persist. I strive, I fail, I suffer.…or…I strive, I succeed, I strive. I strive less, or more; I choose. Then:I strive, I fail, though I succeed.…and…I strive, … Continue reading
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Navigating Happiness
I am Neurath’s boat on the open sea, existing to stay afloat. There is no dry dock for extensive repairs; no port for rest or restoration. If I dismantle to excess, on the open sea I will sink. Structural renewal … Continue reading
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Happiness, out there
It is difficult to resign myself to the inevitability of irrevocable loss, fully feel irrevocable loss, and then put myself back out there to do it again. It is much easier to not feel; to numb the pain with platitudes, … Continue reading
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Egg Salad Happiness
Like I’ve been sending egg salad!? I was told, like “we’ve got to send something better; like at least a Monte Cristo, or a Muffuletta from Central Grocery in New Orleans, or no, wait, wait, wait, maybe a Smoked Gouda … Continue reading
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