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Wed 19 Jul 2023

HappySad

Posted by PJ under happiness, quote of the day, sadness
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Random quote of the day:

“There are patterns to life… Rhythms. It’s so easy, while trapped in just the one life, to imagine that times of sadness or tragedy or failure or fear are a result of that particular existence. That it is a by-product of living a certain way, rather than simply living. I mean, it would have made things a lot easier if we understood there was no way of living that can immunise you against sadness. And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there’s no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.

—Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 20 Feb 2023

Swimming

Posted by PJ under control, happiness, letting go, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Swimming has taught me a lot about the true chemistry of feeling good. It’s very easy to believe that levels of personal happiness are entirely reliant on all the exterior factors impinging on your life at that time—financial fortunes, friendships, relationships, ups and downs with work—but being in the water, particularly being in a large natural body of water, brings you away from that line of thinking, makes you realize how many of these influencing factors are beyond your control, and ultimately unsolvable, and that at any time your happiness can be primarily down to your immediate environment at that exact moment, if you let go and allow it.

—Tom Cox, Ring the Hill

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 6 Feb 2023

Gift

Posted by PJ under gifts, happiness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

—Douglas McGrath, screenplay for Nicholas Nickleby

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 6 May 2022

Horrible

Posted by PJ under happiness, quote of the day, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.”

—Bertrand Russell, quoted in Bertrand Russell, the Passionate Sceptic by Alan Wood

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 21 Sep 2021

Happiness

Posted by PJ under happiness, quote of the day, reminiscence
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Random quote of the day:

“Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember.”

—Oscar Levant, quoted in Time, August 28, 1972

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 12 May 2021

Balance

Posted by PJ under balance, happiness, quote of the day, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“So few grains of happiness
measured against all the dark
and still the scales balance.

The world asks of us
only the strength we have and we give it.
Then it asks more, and we give it.

—Jane Hirshfield, “The Weighing”

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 14 Apr 2021

Happiness

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Random quote of the day:

“Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length.”

—Robert Frost, “Happiness Makes Up In Height What It Lacks in Length” 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 6 Apr 2021

Jobs

Posted by PJ under happiness, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:

“Much of the message that I try to put across to students is that they have to figure out what they really like to do and find a way to do that as an adult for their jobs. A lot of people have jobs they don’t like, and it makes for very unhappy people. So I tell them if you like to write, or run around, or dig in the dirt, then find a job that will allow you to do that, and you’ll be happy.”

—Kadir Nelson, TeachingBooks.net, September 7, 2010

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 23 Dec 2020

Happiness

Posted by PJ under happiness, in the moment, knowledge, quote of the day
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The Random Quote of the Day will be on vacation until January 4. Have the happiest possible holidays.

 

Random quote of the day:

“Happiness, knowledge, not in another place but this place, not for
     another hour but this hour…”

—Walt Whitman, “A Song for Occupations”

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 13 Mar 2020

Entitled

Posted by PJ under entitlement, happiness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I don’t think you can feel entitled and still be happy. Happiness always comes from feeling that you’ve been blessed.”

—Robert Brault, The New Robert Brault Reader

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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