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Thought For the Day: Happiness Is the Best Cosmetic To Bring Out Beauty
“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” – Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, in Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839), p. 90. There’s a lot of truth in this statement. Also a lot of truth in the statement received from … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Happiness Is In the Mastery of Hardships
“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.” – Helen Keller Using her own life as an example, Helen Keller, showed the world how to master hardships that knock down so many others. Her … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence, Happiness, Hardships, Helen Keller, Mastery, Overcoming, Thought For the Day
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Focused
Playing out this wonderful life with you It’s the best thing that I could ever do Keeping focused on you and my bliss It’s the best of love, peace and happiness Some may say this is California Dreamin’ If it … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Focus, Focused, Happiness, I Met A Girl, Love, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Walt Whitman, Wordpress
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Prayers Answered
Prayer Answered by Michael Romani Waking up to another Indiana sunrise Wiping the sleep from my happier eyes Having dreamed of places that shaped me To the happiness of my beautiful family How I love to watch my princesses grow … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherish, Daddy, Daughters, Family, Happiness, Love, Moments, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Precious
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Mr. Bevis
Continuing work in progress toward fulfilling my promise to my eldest angel, Mr. Bevis is a poem in the Twilight Zone series. Season 1, episode 33 for 33 out of 36 poems this year. My angel says that she’ll let … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreamer, Eccentric, Happiness, Happy Place, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Smile, Twilight Zone, Zither
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First Principles: Well Thought Out Morals, Actions and Policies Lead to The Best Outcomes
“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” —George … Continue reading
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Tagged Advantage, Duty, Felicity, George Washington, Happiness, Indissoluble, Intergrity, Prosperity, Rewards, Union, Virtue, Well Thought Out
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Memorize
I will do my best to memorize our story Living my love of life for His Glory Doing my best to be the servant of His ways Giving all of me in the living of our days There are no … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Happiness, Joy, Life, Living Prayer, Loss, Love, Memorize, Our Lives, Our Story, Sorrow, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Your Happiness Depends On the Quality of Your Thoughts
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius, in The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Do you want more peace in your life? Realize then what you can and cannot do. By this, I more … Continue reading
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Tagged Happiness, Life, Marcus Aurelius, Quality of Thoughts, The Mediations, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Choose Positive Over Negative
“Believe in yourself. Believe you can be happy. Choose faith over doubt; choose love over hate; choose forgiveness over vengeance; choose honesty over deceit; choose positive thoughts over negative, and allow God to take control of things you can’t.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Faith, God, Happiness, Honesty, Peace, Positive Thinking, Self Confidence, Terry Mark, Thought For the Day
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Thought of the Day: Happiness Is the Key
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Fundamental, Goals, Happiness, John Lennon, Key, Life, Misunderstanding, School, Thought For the Day
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