Happiness

RULES?
Do not obey, if it gets in the way …of your long term happiness the sign is crooked anyway with negative in the way of positive and therefore the round in this case is not so sound so hear me out and do not keep me out! “Why?” you ask Simple! The dog has to do his thing in pleasant surroundings
Pleasant street is seconds away from our home and when I am on the dOG wALK,
I choose to disobey the authoritative power of the round red sign so I can grab some treasures for you
JULY 27 2016
72

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Harry Day

RHODIES AT THEIR OWN PACE
Note: When the leaves are cold and unhappy they curl up
When they are happy – they are wide open to life and they give birth to blossom
Dedicated to Jill Ebstein who reminded me that the Rhododendrons are at their peak of life. More importantly she has observed the seasons of people and has brought together a wonderful series of essays of the seasonal ups and downs of real live people called “At My Pace” Highly recommended read!!!
May 26 2018
448

The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Carl Jung

YIN YANG OF LOVE 606

The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, water and fire, yin and yang.

Morihei Ueshiba martial artist

“When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one day during our lunch break and he asked those kinds of “getting to know you” questions you ask young people: Do you play sports? What’s your favorite subject? And I told him, no I don’t play any sports. I do theater, I’m in choir, I play the violin and piano, I used to take art classes.
And he went WOW. That’s amazing! And I said, “Oh no, but I’m not any good at ANY of them.”
And he said something then that I will never forget and which absolutely blew my mind because no one had ever said anything like it to me before: “I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them. I think you’ve got all these wonderful experiences with different skills, and that all teaches you things and makes you an interesting person, no matter how well you do them.”
And that honestly changed my life. Because I went from a failure, someone who hadn’t been talented enough at anything to excel, to someone who did things because I enjoyed them. I had been raised in such an achievement-oriented environment, so inundated with the myth of Talent, that I thought it was only worth doing things if you could “Win” at them.”
– Kurt Vonnegut