Status Report

***Wow, I thought I would have lots more time to blog, but that hasn't been the case.  I have had downtime at the store, but I've filled it with sending out resumes, doing my transcription and proofreading here, cleaning and rearranging stuff, etc. I was starting to get a little discouraged with the lack of customers, but it is starting to pick up. The festivals and special events really get started this month, so I'm sure it'll get even better.

***Okay, this is a little sappy, but I like it. From livelifehappy.com

Find Happiness

Once a group of 50 people were attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each attendee one balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.
Now these delegates were let into that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with each other, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.
At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon. Now each one was asked to randomly collect a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.
The speaker then began, “This is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.
Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness; you will get your own happiness. And this is the purpose of human life…the pursuit of happiness.”

***Recognizing the good, from Guideposts.org:

But gratitude is available to us every day, if we choose to seek out something positive we can recognize and relish. This can be something as simple as noting how a rainy day is giving the garden a good drink, even if the weather inconveniences your outdoor plans. It can mean focusing on the close friends in your life when a colleague makes you feel small. It can mean recognizing the lovely color of your eyes on a day when you’re feeling discouraged about your appearance.
Gratitude is often discussed as a “practice,” something that is most effective when it’s done on a regular basis. A daily gratitude journal is an easy tool for holding yourself accountable to recognizing the good in each day. Having a “gratitude buddy” with whom you share grateful check-ins is another trusty technique.
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What did the Buddhist ask the hot dog vendor?

“Make me one with everything.”

***“You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve YOUR freedom. I hope you will make a good use of it.” ~~ John Adams

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