On 1/20/2017 I found on LEARN FUN FACTS and enjoyed the post
https://learnfunfacts.com/2017/01/20/thinking-about-circles/
The post with many quotes about circles inspired me to create a simple painting below.
I hope that you’ll like it.
We think of our lives as straight or not so straight roads but I believe that we often follow circles and our happiness and all emotions depend on their colors.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
To reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.
It’s raining hard outside.
But my beautiful neighbors are with me and I am happy.
Here is one of them.
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
Lao Tzu
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
Swami Sivananda
Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness – all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had – outside of us..
Guy Finley
Today I am 82.
I am grateful to God for my life (with many ups and downs), my dear wife (my love and best friend for 56 years), our children and grandchildren, our friends!
I enjoy beauty of nature, meeting people, reading, watching movies, playing chess, walking, taking pictures and many other things.
I am happy!
Life is wonderful!
The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
My painting 2/5/2015
In my post “ULTIMATE THING” I told you about Fia Essen’s book “Changing Pace” and mentioned that her new book “Ariel” was already on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Ariel-Fia-Essen-ebook/dp/B00VGVZGCO).
Then I read “Ariel” and enjoyed again Fia’s style of writing and what the book was about.
Ariel is 34 years old and after many years of happiness she believes that she is at the bottom of her life and that there is no way she can be happy again.
Suddenly she contacted by the mysterious Muse Agency and drastic changes come to her life.
What is perception? What is reality? What does Ariel thought and think now about herself and her family, people she knows? Is Ariel happy again? Is her happiness comes due to the efforts of the Muse Agency or from within?
I recommend to read “Ariel”. I hope you’ll enjoy the book and that you’ll see what simple things each of us must do to be happier and to make happier people around us.
Dear friends, I am 81 today!
I had hard time lately (pneumonia +).
Thank God, I am alive and recovering!
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
I thank everybody for love and friendship!
I thank wonderful people of medical profession!
I still need their help and your prayers!
Best to all of you!
Time will pass and seasons will come and go.
There are seasons in life. Don’t ever let anyone try to deny you the joy of one season because they believe you should stay in another season… Listen to yourself. Trust your instincts. Keep your perspective.
Another season passed and we are going back to New York, to our family and friends there.
I will be 81 soon. It’s a very good number!
I read long time ago that in Mongolia “9” is a happy number. 81 = 9 X 9.
Is it nine times happiness?
We are going from stunning sunrises in Florida to terrific sunrises in Queens.
Sunrise in Hollywood, Florida
Sunrise in QUEENS, NY
Everything looks wonderful and full of joy.
I will not post anything for a week.
Please enjoy 750 old posts.
Best to you!
I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but that’s not true. Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up together.
Not long ago I read a book “Change of Pace” written by Fia Essen. I follow her blog (https://essenfia.wordpress.com/) from moment of its discovery by me and I enjoy her style of writing.
The book led me from New York where I live last 40 years to an island that I’ve never visited. It showed me people of several generations with all their ups and downs, with tremendous capacity for love and friendship.
These people were real for me. They learned how to overcome all difficulties, how to build their happiness.
I am a speed reader from childhood but I often read books slowly to enjoy them fully. I read the book and lived with people in it.
Surely, I recommend you to read “Change of Pace”.
Today Fia notified me that her new book “Ariel” is already on Amazon.
Here are links to it:
Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/Ariel-Fia-Essen-ebook/dp/B00VGVZGCO
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25264738-ariel
I will start reading “Ariel” tonight. Hope you’ll read both books too.
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WRITERS ARE BUILDERS OF HAPPINESS
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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
MORNING ON THE HOLLYWOOD BROADWALK
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 