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Tag Archives: Happy
2022
I went back and read what I posted on December 29, 2020, about the up-coming year, 2021. The only positive I noted for the coming year is the election of a grown-up, Joe Biden, as President of the United States. … Continue reading
Don’t skip to the end
My wife and I communicate very differently. For example I will say I talked to daughter # 1 about X and my wife will say Did you ask her about Y and Z? No, I will reply I only called to ask … Continue reading
The wisdom of a waitress
Much to the chagrin of my family I love talking to random people or maybe a better way of phrasing it is, I love asking random people questions. Bag boys, tellers, waiters and waitress, if they have a pulse and … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Compassion, cynical, disenchanted, Donald Trump, Empathy, Good, Happy, Hope, People, Trump
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Celebrate everyday like it’s your birthday
“They say it’s your birthday, It’s my birthday too, yeah, They say it’s your birthday, We’re gonna have a good time, I’m glad it’s your birthday, Happy birthday to you” – The Beatles “Birthday” Today is the celebration of my birth. I am pretty sure … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Longreads, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Birthday, Celebrate, Celebration, Grateful, Happy, Living, Party, Thankful, thankfulness, The Beatles
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My Wish Book list for you
Before there was Amazon, before there was Toys”R”Us, Ebay or Target there was Sears. Sometime around the first of November the Sears Wish Book would arrive in the mail and the eight year old me knew that Santa was close. The Sears … Continue reading
Ready or not here I come-2017
“Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.” – Groucho Marx I will be fifty-six when the new year arrives. Fifty-six, four years away from, sigh sixty. I realize sixty is just a number but it is also two times … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, age, Aging, Birthday, Getting older, Happy, healthy, Hope, New Year, sixty
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If heaven exist are my dogs there?
We are babysitting our “Granddog” for a couple of days. Although he looks like a full-grown man, he is a big boy, my wife and I have been constantly reminded that he is still just a five month old baby. … Continue reading
Humming through life
I am a hummer. No particular song or melody, I just like to hum. I tend to do it subconsciously. When I am waiting in the grocery store line I hum. When I am working on a project I hum. … Continue reading
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Tagged Happy, hum, Hummer, Humming, Humor, musings, ramblings, Songs, The Beatles, Tunes
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Fear of _____________________
“Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. … Continue reading
Wisdom in all the wrong places
“I’m concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.” – Joan Jett Every Monday morning I email … Continue reading