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2020.07.20 : Beautiful and Damned

I can always smell the first trace of autumn. It doesn't mean autumn is here, not for good. But it does mean it's on its way. And I smelled it last night, this morning, and again this evening. Autumn is my spring - the season of awakening and rebirth, when I come back to life.... (read more)

2017.03.18 : "Deeply, Dangerously Alone"
Excerpts from Sebastian Junger’s TRIBE

"A person living in a modern city or a suburb can, for the first time in history, go through an entire day - or an entire life - mostly encountering complete strangers."... (read more)

2017.01.05 : "GOOD"
The Great Secret, Version Four

How do I deal with setbacks, failures, delays, defeat, or other disasters? I actually have a fairly simple way of dealing with these situations. There is one word to deal with all those situations, and that is: "good." When things are going bad, there's going to be some good that will come from it.... (read more)

2016.12.18 : The Great Secret, Version Three

Today, you won't control the external events that happen. Is that scary? A little, but it's balanced when we see that we can control our opinion about those events. You decide whether they're good or bad, whether they're fair or unfair. You don't control the situation, but you control what you think about it. All we have is our own mind.... (read more)

2016.12.17 : The Great Secret, Version Two

"Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love - is the sum of what you focus on."... (read more)

2016.12.16 : The Great Secret, Version One

ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE ... (read more)

2009.05.27 : Out Here All Night
This Song Makes Me Cry
(Screwing On The Right Head)

So it seems an awful lot like this song makes me cry. It certainly did on my run today.... (read more)

2007.05.18 : Contemplate Something Else Instead
Excerpts from Bertrand Russell's The Conquest of Happiness

My purpose is to suggest a cure for the ordinary day-to-day unhappiness from which most people in civilised countries suffer, and which is all the more unbearable because, having no obvious external cause, it appears inescapable.... (read more)

2005.01.24 : Scraps of Useless Information

Truly ideal weekend: Friday evening I met up with my mates, as per always on Friday evenings, though this time out in the provinces (Egham). But it was well worth the trip. We laughed an awful lot.... (read more)

2004.06.20 : The Dispatcher Begs a Boon

Would someone please let me in on the secret to happiness? And the Answers are . . . :... (read more)

2002.09.15 : I'm A Happy Guy
Part N: "And Then What Have You Got?"

Abbe, and her fiance Evan, and I, are padding around in a small, dark room of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In this one small room are five, count 'em, of the world's starkly limited supply of Faberge eggs.... (read more)

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	Dispatches tagged as: happiness (11) 2020.07.20 : Beautiful and Damned I can always smell the first trace of autumn. It doesn't mean autumn is here, not for good. But it does mean it's on its way. And I smelled it last night, this morning, and again this evening. Autumn is my spring - the season of awakening and rebirth, when I come back to life.... (read more) 2017.03.18 : "Deeply, Dangerously Alone" Excerpts from Sebastian Junger’s TRIBE "A person living in a modern city or a suburb can, for the first time in history, go through an entire day - or an entire life - mostly encountering complete strangers."... (read more) 2017.01.05 : "GOOD" The Great Secret, Version Four How do I deal with setbacks, failures, delays, defeat, or other disasters? I actually have a fairly simple way of dealing with these situations. There is one word to deal with all those situations, and that is: "good." When things are going bad, there's going to be some good that will come from it.... (read more) 2016.12.18 : The Great Secret, Version Three Today, you won't control the external events that happen. Is that scary? A little, but it's balanced when we see that we can control our opinion about those events. You decide whether they're good or bad, whether they're fair or unfair. You don't control the situation, but you control what you think about it. All we have is our own mind.... (read more) 2016.12.17 : The Great Secret, Version Two "Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love - is the sum of what you focus on."... (read more) 2016.12.16 : The Great Secret, Version One ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE ... (read more) 2009.05.27 : Out Here All Night This Song Makes Me Cry (Screwing On The Right Head) So it seems an awful lot like this song makes me cry. It certainly did on my run today.... (read more) 2007.05.18 : Contemplate Something Else Instead Excerpts from Bertrand Russell's The Conquest of Happiness My purpose is to suggest a cure for the ordinary day-to-day unhappiness from which most people in civilised countries suffer, and which is all the more unbearable because, having no obvious external cause, it appears inescapable.... (read more) 2005.01.24 : Scraps of Useless Information Truly ideal weekend: Friday evening I met up with my mates, as per always on Friday evenings, though this time out in the provinces (Egham). But it was well worth the trip. We laughed an awful lot.... (read more) 2004.06.20 : The Dispatcher Begs a Boon Would someone please let me in on the secret to happiness? And the Answers are . . . :... (read more) 2002.09.15 : I'm A Happy Guy Part N: "And Then What Have You Got?" Abbe, and her fiance Evan, and I, are padding around in a small, dark room of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In this one small room are five, count 'em, of the world's starkly limited supply of Faberge eggs.... (read more)