– means: extreme bliss or supreme happiness.
very, very good day yesterday
no notes.
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image credit: p.d. eastman, ‘go, dog, go’ (one of my favorite books)
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Nov4
gluckselgkeit.
Category Archives: happiness
Jul15
oooh, oooh!
waiting in baggage claim
at the airport
kind of quiet
nothing much happening
the mood
suddenly changes
all i can hear is
‘ooh, ooh, ooh!’
someone
has arrived
someone else
has been waiting
both are
so so so happy
to see each other
they run
they start
hugging
jumping
ooooooing
and
walk by smiling
it’s impossible
not be happy
right along with them
their unbridled joy
spills over
and is infectious.
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‘do you ever get secondhand happiness?
like when someone is happy
so you’re happy
because they’re happy.’
-soul in ink
Apr9
‘don’t plan it all, let life surprise you a little.’ – julia alvarez
fifteen of us met in a parking lot
at the appointed time
boarded an unmarked rock ‘n roll party bus
equipped with a very patient driver
70-80’s style
disco lights, music, coolers, bevs, decor, ice
drove to our unsuspecting, just-retired friend’s house
got him on the bus and surprised him
then we were sixteen strong
drove him to detroit
to celebrate him
played games
had an axe throwing competition
(we were all unscathed)
followed by
a long delicious japanese dinner
rock ‘n roll bussed back
laughing singing dancing storytelling hugging
a day turned into a night to remember
he stood to speak
said he could not believe it
he was overflowing with joy and tears
he was so happy.
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‘the chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.’
-Kevin Kelly
Jan20
snow very happy.
“well, I know now. know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person”
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Dec29
hope is a decision.
hope tree, karin zeller
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buddhist philosopher daisaku ikeda wrote this insightful look at the nature of happiness in his essay collection, “Hope Is a Decision.” ikeda spent 50 years writing the essays in the book. they all relate in some form to the nature of hope, and how we can take it upon ourselves to maintain it, even during tumultuous times. consider it a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you choose to be hopeful, you will be. just like if you choose to try and make others happy, it will increase your own happiness. and, as ikeda also notes in his essay, those choices will “illuminate our final years with dignity.”
Oct16
flip.
when you’ve had a very long and busy week
and you get a text that reads:
“great news! your adult pinata headband has been delivered.”
and just like that
your world flips and rights itself in an instant.
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“being happy never goes out of style.”
-lilly pulitzer
Jul10
finally..
a mathematical law that makes sense to me.
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“happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.”
-paul coelho
