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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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Happiness Happiness, it’s not a gift. Well, at least not in the manner That it’s something someone else Can bring you. Happiness is something you Can only give to yourself. You have to define it For yourself as well. If only life were so easy as To allow for siphoning Of other’s happiness. That would be too easy, wouldn’t it? Would you know then When to smile or laugh? Or would you just wait and follow Someone else’s cue? That would not be happiness At all. Some pledge their lives To making others happy, As if this somehow can Fill the hole in their own soul. It can’t. If your smiles are dependent Upon others actions or reactions, How long do you think it will be until The inevitable let down? It’s not until you have a measure Of contentment in yourself, And in your life choices, That happiness, in any measure, Can truly be shared with others And their happiness Appreciated for what it is By you. I was taught at a very young age to, “...plant your own gardens And decorate your own soul, Instead of waiting For someone to bring you flowers.” I didn’t get it then. I get it now. Michael Anderson 6/13/2020 Quoted material from: After A While by Veronica Shoftsall |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
"It’s not until you have a measure Of contentment in yourself, And in your life choices, That happiness, in any measure, Can truly be shared with others" You have hit the nail on the head right here. . . Excellent. . . -- That which gives light must endure burning. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Lol...if only it didn't take so long to fugure. Out.  Thank you, Sven |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
A quick thought on the quote is that I don't need flowers anyway. I'd much rather have a dozen pens than roses. Or paint.  I wonder if hanging black out curtains counts as decorating. I'll be back for more...
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Black curtains definitely count as decorating... it's something that brings you comfort and joy in your own home, everyone needs to decorate to their own taste...not only their homes, but their lives. Michael |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Sometimes it takes a lifetime to "get it" but there are those who never get it so perhaps we who do should consider ourselves lucky. |
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augustsky Senior Member Posts 828 midwest US |
How did you get so smart mister  Right now my tiny bit of 'happy' is reading Poetry, watching my cat watch a family of racoons out the window..while I sit munching on little fun-sz. choc.bars lol, just being silly. As for your write so..so true.. Always a pleasure Michael Sky~ Sometimes..Miracles are just good people |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Indeed, Ida, I do consider myself to be very lucky in this regard. Thank you for the kind reply. Michael |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Sky~ your description could be the dictionary definition of "peace" I was about to say, but while you can have peace without happiness, I do not know that it would be possible to have happiness without peace... Peace was the best I ever found myself able to contain for a very long time. Getting used to a broader spectrum these days. I have two lil puppies who bring me a ton of joy, myself...though I only wish I lived in the mountains like I once did where we had wild deer and raccoons and all manner of lively animals about. I envy some of the descriptions of nature you gift to us. Michael |
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