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Respecting Happiness
Following are some questions based on personal interactions observed this week: Are you a two-seat counter person covering surrounding bar stools with personal belongings to claim your space? Do you have a consistent ownership policy in all settings? Or does … Continue reading
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A Run at Happiness
THE BASEBALL SONNET A game of sacrifice and heart and home An art that will entice with form and curves Please stay in line, be safe, where ‘ere you roam To argue, bump, or strafe, have sure reserves A streak … Continue reading
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The Road to Happiness
For the sake of the argument/discussion to follow we will say that there is an actual physical place called Hell, full of agonizing torment and anguish deserved and fitting for each of its inhabitants who have passed on from this … Continue reading
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Powering Happiness
Why do we feel the need to personify power? A few weeks ago I said Power is the ability to decide and act, and I maintained that each one of us wields some power. In this sense one cannot hold … Continue reading
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Promising Happiness
I believe I may or may not have heard or dreamed some, none, or all of these understated and obliviously inspirational exaggerations in past or future heartfelt schemes devised to obtain some form of support for critically insignificant undertakings pregnant … Continue reading
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