Yesterday I wrote about how personal happiness can be an ongoing negotiation, requiring you to problem-solve and troubleshoot various situations that will come up in order to stay current with your own…
Month: February 2019
Day 208: The Curriculum for Your Personal Happiness
A couple weeks ago I wrote how the journey to happiness is not a one-time event, how it can be a complicated, winding road of twists and turns and sometime failures that…
Day 207: Appreciate, don’t complain
There are so many things that are wonderful going on in your life. All you have to do is look. Often, people are taught that looking at the problems in their lives…
Day 206: I finally learned how to eat
These days, my diet has waaay changed from what it used to be. Since last summer, I have a completely altered my way of eating: not only have I stuck to intermittent…
Day 205: The Curtain (original rhyme)
I don’t feel like writing a whole lot tonight, so here is a rhyme I wrote a few years back that I’ve always liked: “The Curtain” You’re tall and chique, a cloth…
Day 204: I’d rather look for what’s right [with the world]
I spent a lot of my childhood feeling indignant, even upset and angry, about things I didn’t like “going on in the world.” I was told about “big problems” of the world,…
Day 203: Onward into the Night!
It’s Friday night. 7:17pm reads my computer. In about 30 minutes, my wife and I are going to head over to the Comedy Spot, where I will be performing with the “You!…
Day 202: Whole Hog (original rhyme)
When life is a lemon, it’s time to make juiceOtherwise the fruit gets old, and what’s the useIn old fruit that’s rotten and grey?Man, you shouldn’t let that shit decayYou hear what…
Day 201: Adopt a Friendly Attitude Towards What Matters
My recent efforts at introspection have yielded many valuable insights that are shifting how I experience each day of my life. For one thing, I am catching a lot of the old…
Day 200: Description Post #2
I am leaning back against the chair as I stare at the screen, watching each word emerge as I type. There is a light humming sound from the center room of our…