If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. | |
— Attributed to Montesquieu | |
(Full name:) Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu | |
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. | |
— Rita Mae Brown | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Stand Up, Hook Up, Shuffle To The Door… |
2018 | Ridiculous Idea |
2017 | Waddle On! |
A Severe Challenge — When The President Is A Liar | |
2016 | The Best Of Circumstances |
2015 | Reverberating Silence |
2014 | Wrong Again? |
2013 | Improper Faith |
2012 | One More Rung |
2011 | Sunday Morning Earlies (Hugging trees and smiling…) |
Hurry | |
Updates On Life | |
2010 | It’s Gettin’ Deep In Here |
Posts Tagged ‘Happiness’
Minute Fractions Of Happiness
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Compliments, Happiness, Kisses, Life, Looks, Philosophy, Quotes, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Smiles on November 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions – the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, or heartfelt compliment. | |
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Far Too Often |
2018 | A Divided / United Nation |
2017 | What We Want |
2016 | To The Extent |
2015 | Ambition |
2014 | More Branches To Climb |
Just In Time — Happy Thanksgiving (2014) | |
2013 | For And Against |
2012 | De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum |
2011 | Similar And Different |
2010 | Reminiscing |
Differences | |
Why I’m Happy
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Conviction, Happiness, Love, Philosophy, Quotes, Victor Hugo on November 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. | |
— Victor Hugo | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | I Think Impeachment Is Another Test #45 Has Already Failed |
2018 | Second Chances – Rice, Now Trees |
And Then You Have To Start Training Again | |
2017 | Small Hands, Small Grasp |
2016 | Two Murrow’s |
Election + 1 Week | |
2015 | Not Mine, Anyway |
2015 | South By South East |
2013 | Don’tcha |
2012 | I Hear A Distant Thunder |
2011 | A Poison Tree |
I Just Want To Stay Happy
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Arnold H. Glasow, Attitude, Enjoyment, Future, Happiness, Memory, Past, Philosophy, Planning, Present, Quotes on October 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future. | |
— Arnold H. Glasow | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Show Righteousness, Not Fear |
2018 | Sounds Like Politics, Too |
2017 | Resist More |
Conservatives Are Not The Enemy | |
2016 | Two Weeks To Go… |
2015 | Remembering |
2014 | The Creeping Death Of Civilization |
Orange October (X) – A Blue Morning Turns Into An Orange Evening | |
2013 | License Problem |
2012 | Giants Win Game 2 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!! |
Adage, n. | |
Questions Women Should Ask Before Voting… | |
2011 | What Are You Looking At? |
Voting Has Consequences
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, American Politics, Election 2020, Freya Stark, Happiness, Philosophy, Quotes on October 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. | |
— Freya Stark | |
[I cannot understand how anyone who loves this country can vote for #IncompetentDonald who has spent the last four years running this country into the ground. MAGA??? Give me a break!! He claims “He” rebuilt the National Defense? With his personal income taxes paid of $750 in two of the last four years and NOTHING at all in 11 of the last 18 years reviewed by the New York Times? IF the American military is any better off than it was four years ago, it’s not because HE has contributed to it! VOTE like our country depends on YOUR vote, because it DOES! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Mutually Exclusive |
2018 | Basic Rights |
2017 | Thoughtful Attitudes |
Surprise!! | |
2016 | The Bell Tolls |
2015 | It Is What It Is |
2014 | What Have You Learned (Gently) Lately? |
Orange October (I) | |
2013 | Ignore The Man Behind The Curtain |
For A Time | |
2012 | What Are Your True Measurements |
2011 | What It Is All About |
2010 | The Magnificent Seven |
Giants Fever!! | |
I’d Include Health Care
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Equal Rights, Government, Happiness, Health Care, Philosophy, Politics, President Thomas Jefferson, Quotes on May 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government. | |
― Thomas Jefferson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Accustomed To It |
2018 | Booking My Trip Into The Expanding Universe |
2017 | Fear Instead Of Convictions |
2016 | Memorial Day – 2016 |
2015 | A Handful Of Reviews |
And You Can Quote Me | |
2014 | Get Wisdom |
2013 | Enjoying The View? |
2012 | Adam’s Rib |
2011 | I’m Sure I Remember That… |
Memorial Day, 2011 | |
I’m Older Now
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Aging Well, Albert Camus, Farts, Happiness, Humor, Laundry, Philosophy, Quotes, The Meaning Of Life on May 7, 2020| 4 Comments »
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. | |
— Albert Camus | |
[When I was in my late 30’s, I lived and worked in Liverpool, England. One day, I was standing at a urinal (doing what you do there) and an elderly (formerly retired) executive stepped to the urinal next to me. As he was relieving himself, he let loose with a passage which I would politely describe as “a rolling ball of thunder”. | |
He half-notched his head towards me and said: “Young man, when you get older you’ll find out that happiness is a dry fart.” | |
I’m still not sure about the meaning of life, but I can add that these days, my wife (who does our laundry) and I agree with him. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Why #45 (#LazyDonald) Was Destined To Be A Failed Presidency |
2018 | Easter In Liverpool |
Star Guides To Destiny | |
Growl | |
2017 | Decisions |
2016 | Along The Path |
2015 | Make Mine Rare, Please |
2014 | Passion Flooding |
2013 | On Purpose |
2012 | Sans Gall Bladder, Day 4 |
How Did You Spend Your Day? | |
2011 | It’s Hammerin’ Time!! |
Convenient Auxiliaries | |
Republican Senators Should Vote For Conviction Of #45
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #ConvictTrump, #ImpeachTrump, George Bernard Shaw, Greatness, Happiness, Politics, Quotes, Republican Senators, U.S. Sentate on January 27, 2020| 1 Comment »
Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great. | |
― George Bernard Shaw | |
[They won’t. But they should… — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Carry It |
2018 | Simple |
2017 | Knowledge Pays |
2016 | Brief Glimpses And Full Glances |
2015 | Pursuing Perspective |
2014 | Wearing Down? |
2013 | Labouring Under A Curse |
2012 | Listen To Yourself |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 1) |
No Captain Dunsel | |
In The Long-Run
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Happiness, Man's Search for Meaning, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Viktor E. Frankl on March 1, 2019| 1 Comment »
Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run — in the long-run, I say! — success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it. | |
― Viktor E. Frankl | |
From his book: “Man’s Search for Meaning“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | #NeverAgain |
Doss II | |
Doesn’t / Does | |
2017 | Talent Hates To Move |
2016 | Looking To November |
2015 | It Isn’t The End |
Prospero’s Precepts | |
2014 | Friends |
2013 | Learning Bitter |
2012 | Remembrance, Minstrels & Going Off To War |
May I Have More Happiness, Please? | |
2011 | There Is No God, But God |
2010 | Another Running Book… |
Happy Valentine’s Day – 2019!!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Included Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Videos, tagged A Good Wife, Ed Sheeran, Happiness, Happy Valentine’s Day – 2019, Included Video, Marriage, Music Video, Perfect, Philosophy, Quotes, Socrates, YouTube on February 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. | |
― Socrates | |
[Happy Valentine’s Day, Hil!! I guess I was never fated to be a philosopher… | |
All my love, Always, Your Kev XXX 00 X] |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2018!! |
2017 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2017!! |
2016 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2016!! |
2015 | To My Special Lady |
2014 | Awakening |
2013 | Drowsy In Comfort |
2012 | Happy Valentine’s Day |
2011 | Own Your Bible |
I’d Still Like To Try It Out
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Happiness, Philosophy, Quotes, Wealth, William Feather on October 23, 2018| 2 Comments »
If you do not have the capacity for happiness with a little money, great wealth will not bring it to you. | |
— William Feather | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | In Every Thing |
2016 | Future Halo |
2015 | The Hard Way Every Time |
2014 | Indispensable Wits |
2013 | I’d Like To |
2012 | 2012 National League Champions – San Francisco Giants!! |
2nd Viewing – No Change | |
Light Shining Out of Darkness | |
2011 | Just Kickin It |
Are These The “Real” Protectors Of America’s Constitution? | |
2010 | Giants Advance To 2010 World Series!!! |
To Excel At Your Craft
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dean Karnazes, Happiness, Life Balance, Philosophy, Quotes, The Road To Sparta on August 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »
People speak of finding balance. To me, that’s a misplaced ambition. If you have balance, you do everything okay. But to excel at your craft, you need obsessive, unbridled fanaticism. Not only does excellence require such commitment, it demands it. A life worth living is frenetic, disjointed, breakneck, and quite fantastic. Balance doesn’t lead to happiness – impassioned dedication to one’s life purpose does. | |
— Dean Karnazes | |
From his book: “The Road To Sparta“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Like When You Can Order Others To Fight For You |
2016 | Holding Fast |
2015 | Alms Or Balms |
2014 | A Day At The Beach |
2013 | Pillows |
Steppin’ | |
2012 | Invincible Summer |
2011 | Being Objective |
2010 | First Things First… |
Northwest Passages – Intro | |
Northwest Passages – Day One | |
Northwest Passages – Poetry | |
Northwest Passages – Evening One | |
Northwest Passages – Morning Two | |
And I Thought It Was Just My Deodorant
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Deodorant, Happiness, Humor, Perfume, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on July 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself. | |
― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Hannity And Limbaugh |
2016 | Or He Could Just Be Lazy |
Small Hero | |
2015 | Seeking Cultured Leadership |
2014 | Examining Failure |
2013 | Driving Passion |
2012 | Cannibal, n. |
2011 | Moments Of Truth |