Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.
Yeah, I'm happy enough... I think!
You know, the way happiness is portrayed, you could easily get the impression you need to be happy, happy, happy 24/7, with bells on, and maintain an ever-enduring smile to make it happen. But does that make sense? [Read on …]
It only takes a few minutes to leave me sunny side up.
I like twisting lyrics. It’s something I’ve been doing since I was a kid. By twisting Weird Al’s lyrics a bit further with a friend I said, “Look at me. I’m white and quirky.” Then it dawned on me. It’s true. [Read on …]
Love means a lot fo different things, doesn't it?
I love you. How easily we say it. It rolls off the tongue in an instant when we get what we want from someone close. At other times, love wells up when we simply feel happy being together with someone else. People say things about love every day. It’s common to the point of being familiar. Yet, [Read on …]
Marriage wasn't meant to be silent.
“Honestly, what’s the point? He never listens? I might as well be talking to a brick wall.”
If your man doesn’t listen to you, then you need to take action. [Read on …]
I'm so confident, I can hit a home run with these flowers!
Confidence matters. It always has. But now, as we live through more uncertainty and instability than ever, we can see that confidence equals stability. Yet it has one more property. [Read on …]
Did you know that yoga helps you find lost contact lenses?
As a kid, she amazed me. The way she calmly switched from sitting cross-legged into pulling her ankles over her shoulders. Before you started asking, “Shouldn’t we draw the curtains?” she had already led thousands of TV yoga devotees into acts of unspeakable flexibility. [Read on …]
Life after love is a tough prospect.
I’m not quite sure what Cher concluded in her song about love. I just recall the refrain, her wondering if someone was really strong enough, plus a few “whoa-ho”s and “No-no”s. But it is a good question: is there life after love? [Read on …]
Thanks to its cable cars, San Francisco is unique.
Call them cable cars, trams, or light rail, but whatever you do, be glad they’re there. I love them. [Read on …]
My cat Scally
If you have a cat or two or…er…three, then you’ll know the dilemma. It’s more than the fur, kitty litter, and caterwauling. Those we can handle. It’s the cats’ scratching that causes calamity. [Read on …]
Even in the midst of a crisis there is room for respect.
As news keeps emerging about the fateful crash of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, it seems it wasn’t just poor judgment, but a lack of character at fault. Supreme disrespect heightened the impact of the disaster, magnifying a terrible tragedy. [Read on …]
Encouraging and inspiring, Happy: How to Have a Beautiful Life Now will take you on a remarkable quest to find fulfillment.
What’s in the book?
Packed with down-to-earth ideas you can immediately apply, you will discover:
Look for it in February on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository, and more ... or here, at happy.fm
Cheerfulness helps smooth your path.
