The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Can you have innocent pleasure in eating what you like?
Come clean. Did you raid the fridge repeatedly last night, stuffing yourself with plate after plate of need to keep leftovers? No? I didn’t think so. You’re innocent. But try telling that to the fat police. [Read on …]
Nothing like a stress free swim.
It happened one day. Our eldest was just a small boy: a preschooler. He begged me to take him to the public pool. [Read on …]
Motherhood is just a part of my busy life.
This is tricky. Motherhood is meant to be about endless patience, applying sticky plasters and kissing things better, and then running through tall grass in slow motion, giving a laughing grin to your kids. Actually that last one is the image advertisers keep trucking out for anything womanly. They’ve reduced you to some slow-moving bovine, deliriously jumping in the sun. It’s complete drivel. But it sticks. [Read on …]
The pins and plates helping Ruth's hand to heal.
Ouch! If you’ve ever had a bad fall you know how much damage you can do. When Ruth stumbled and fell last week, she got “firsthand” experience of just how bad multiple hand fractures can be. [Read on …]
All of our lemons were way too squeezy.
Ask yourself, with all honesty, can anyone have a happy lemon?
What do I mean by a “happy lemon”? Well, a car that only starts with a splutter on odd days, judders to reach city speed limits, and turns with all the precision of a double decker bus. [Read on …]
Well it didn't seem that funny at first. But now it is kind of crazy.
My eldest son was busy poking fun at our first world problems this morning. [Read on …]
This is a secret, okay?
“Okay, I’ll tell you. Sharon is going out with Mark on the weekend, even though Mark doesn’t know it. He’s planning on dating his sister’s friend’s cousin, Aimee, who doesn’t know either. Trouble is, Aimee is Sharon’s best friend and she knows Sharon wants Mark to go out with her. Meantime, Mark is two-timing his friend’s girlfriend who knows Sharon too, but doesn’t know Aimee…”
Got that? [Read on …]
Funny, but I rarely fancy anything sloppy.
You have to laugh! The way companies attempt to tempt you with their tasty treats is hilarious. [Read on …]
Stop that happy stuff!
Something is wrong when people blame you for being happy. You might be chuckling over something funny one moment; then being dragged over hot coals the next. You can get into a lot of trouble being happy, and I have the scars to prove it. [Read on …]
You won't find happiness here. So there!
Which is it going to be? Finding happiness, or feeding a hungry ego? If it’s out of control, the very nature of a restless ego stops us finding happiness. Which is why it comes down to either one or the other. [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
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