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Small Scale Happiness
Thoughtful Focus: prioritization, then concentration, that (ideally) leads to clarity. Once I have identified a priority, I have to know that what I am seeing is not reality. Whether simply fuzzy around the edges or skewed and distorted like a … Continue reading
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A Foundation for Happiness?
What is there to learn from the unlikeliest of success stories? What depth of understanding can I absorb from a (before-now) impossible comeback? Never give up? I am confident this is a piece, but I practice that daily when I … Continue reading
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Happiness in the wash cycle
For my performance to maintain its upward trajectory, I eventually come to a point where I have to trust someone to do the right thing. Granted, “the right thing” is not necessarily the “Right” thing; it is typically that thing … Continue reading
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Happiness as thesis and antithesis
I had a bad dream last night in which, having finally had enough, I looked at the antagonist and I said, “you’re a bad dream. Good-bye.” And I woke up. I woke up to a bad dream. I woke up … Continue reading
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Free-falling Happiness
I frequently lose sight of the fact that many people, (maybe most people, and perhaps a large majority of people), when facing reality, need something to hold on to. I agree that to face the inevitably of death, and quite … Continue reading
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