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Category Archives: Happiness
Pension Payoff
Experience as a Flashlight: When I finally finished my education and settled into earning a living, I was confronted with some big decisions about retirement. Did I want my employer to withhold Social Security and did I want to set … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Aging, Contentment, Enjoyment, Fear, Focus, Happiness, Life, Money, Orderliness, Perseverance, Perspective, Priorities, Retirement, Wisdom, Work
Tagged Aging, attitude towards work, Fear, Identity, Pension, Perseverance, Retirement, Trust, Worry
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The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Living in the Past: The shooting of JFK was another of those incidents so life stopping that people remember what they were doing at the time. I was a college freshman in the Autumn of 1963. I was part of … Continue reading
Take a Walk
Lessons from Life: When I was in the Army, it seemed an easy way out of my problems. Whenever things piled up and I began to think I couldn’t handle life, I always took a walk. There was something … Continue reading
Waiting for Weight Loss
Experience as a Flashlight: For the last few decades I have had trouble getting down to my “goal weight.” I was a regular at Weight Watchers Meetings for a few years but I found there were always more calories going … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Adaptability, Aging, Bondage, Contentment, diet, Enjoyment, Feelings, Focus, Food, Happiness, Health, Life, Medical, Old Age, Perfectionism, Perseverance, Perspective, Physical Exams, Priorities, relationships, Religion, Stress, weight loss, Wisdom
Tagged Aging, Comparison, Enjoyment, Identity, Liberty, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Renewal, Self Worth, Stress, Trust
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Slow Down This Big Time Machine: Break Your Routine
Lessons from Life: One thing I’ve heard comments about for almost as long as I can remember is the speed at which time passes. From an early age I remember hearing that life is short and we must make the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Bondage, Contentment, Courage, Creation, Creativity, Enjoyment, Focus, Fun, Happiness, Laughter, Life, Orderliness, Perfectionism, Perspective, Priorities, Sense of Humor, Stress, Tasks, Work
Tagged Aging, attitude towards work, Identity, Renewal, Surrender, Trust, Worry
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JFK’s in Town
Living in the Past: I remember the day John Fitzgerald Kennedy came to town. I was in the crush of people waiting to see the man I most admired at the time coming into our town. To me it was … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Elvis, Enjoyment, Famous People, Feelings, Happiness, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Life, Memory, Perspective, Politics, Youth
Tagged artistic expressions, current-events, Elvis, Famous People, History, politics
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How To Get Started
Lessons From Life: When I was working in an office, I learned an important lesson about motivation from a man I would see from time to time on the bus. He used to say if you have a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Adaptability, Aging, Contentment, Enjoyment, Feelings, Focus, Friends, Happiness, Life, Orderliness, Organization, Peace, Perseverance, Perspective, Priorities, Service, Stress, Tasks, Wisdom, Work, Worry
Tagged attitude towards work, Enjoyment, Getting started, Getting things done, Identity, Perseverance, Self Worth, Stress, Worry
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I Can’t Wait ‘Till I Retire
EXPERIENCE AS A FLASHLIGHT: When I was in my 30’s and my life was in high gear I couldn’t wait until I could retire. It seemed my life was so busy I never had the time to enjoy things. I … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Aging, Contentment, Enjoyment, Focus, Fun, Happiness, Laughter, Life, Money, Nature, Old Age, Pleasure, relationships, Retirement, Stress, Volunteerism, Wisdom, Work, Youth
Tagged Aging, attitude towards work, Comparison, Enjoyment, Identity, Liberty, Life, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Renewal, Retirement, Self Worth, Volunteerism, Work, Worry
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A Place for Everything and Everything All Over the Place
LEARNING FROM LIFE: My late wife used to have this saying about neatness: “A place for everything and everything all over the place.” It sounds clever but having everything randomly scattered about was a regular irritant to her. Me too. … Continue reading
Posted in Bondage, Happiness, Imagination, Neatness, Old Age, Orderliness, Organization, Peace, Perspective, relationships, Stress, Worry
Tagged Aging, attitude towards work, Chaos, Neatness, Order, Principles, Stress
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The Short Life of Pleasure
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT LIFE: An important lesson for me over my years has been realizing that purchases only give pleasure for a short time. When I was quite young with a paper-route income, I became a member of a record … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Bondage, Children, Contentment, Feelings, Food, Grand children, Happiness, Health, Life, Love of Money, Materialism, Money, Music, Peace, Perspective, Pleasure, relationships, Sex
Tagged Children, Enjoyment, Forgiveness, Fun, Grandchildren, Identity, Pleasure, Possessions, Principles, Relationships, Sex
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