– 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.
Tag 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.
—
‘do you ever get secondhand happiness?
like when someone is happy
so you’re happy
because they’re happy.’
-soul in ink
Aug9
secret of the universe.
my 
my time spent with friends
brought in the light yesterday
even when it rained.
—
“i had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.”
-donna tartt, the goldfinch
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image credit: cgtn
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
Jul31
more of my favorite people in costa rica.
haezel who woke up at 4 am to milk her cow and taught us how to make cheese from it,
made pastry and coffee with us, and who also helps the local community and school children
enthusiastic fellow hikers
our wonderful guide who led the way, was endlessly patient, never let us get lost,
and shared his knowledge of the country and its nature, stories, history, and spanish with us
along with our talented and very funny driver who navigated incredibly challenging roads
with the owner of a local medicinal plant and food organic farm
who also shared her homegrown sugarcane liquor
called ‘moonshine’ or ‘contraband”
toasting new friends
observant hikers
fellow traveler crew
costa rican cowpokes
breaking bread (and lots of beans and rice) together
sharing our day
boat adventurers
a shy boy and his rooster.
—
such memorable people all.
i loved meeting strangers who became friends.
the costa ricans were some of the most positive people i have ever met.
—
“it is good people who make good places.”
-anna sewell, british novelist
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
Apr20
finding sprinkles.
how lucky am i to find this downtown, on a walk on a beautiful day?
—
“i’m well aware. a world without rainbow sprinkles is a world without happiness.”
-l.m. augustine
Jul13
balancing act.
two of the six-pack of grandies finding their balance.
—
“we’ve just learned how to balance ourselves a little better
so that we’re happier way more of the time than not,
and,
you know,
being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.”
-anthony kiedis, red hot chili peppers
