206 Reasons To Be Grateful

The adult human body has 206 bones. We tend to take all of them for granted until we happen to lose the use of one or more. Last week I injured a bone in my elbow, and my right arm is now in a cast. I’m typing this post with my left hand. You’d be [...]

Seven Proven Ways to Live A Happy Life

There has been a lot of research into how to live a happy life, and these are just some findings I came across. “Proven ways” refers to generalised results suggested by these studies and until you try each one out for yourself, it remains unproven for you as an individual. So why not try a [...]

Is 85 the New 65?

I’m honoured to have the opportunity to publish an article by Al Weatherhead, author of The Power Of Adversity and chairman and CEO of multi-million dollar company Weatherchem, a private manufacturer of plastic closures for food, spice, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. Al has survived arthritis, heart disease, depression, and alcoholism. At age 84, he is [...]

No More Crappy Days

It’s been almost a month since I last posted, the result of technical problems with this site initially followed by inertia resulting from loss of blogging momentum. While away from this blog, I fully engaged in ‘real’ life and had a few pleasant revelations. One particularly revealing incident was a young friend with growing pains [...]

My Baby Turns One

A year ago, this blog was birthed Upon a happy whim. To learn to blog was my intent; A useful skill it seemed. What would I write? What could I share That others would want to read? I loved my life, and so Voila! Joy was this blog’s creed.

3 Key Steps If You Want To Be Happy

I recently asked a room full of people what their single most important goal in life was. More than half the room said simply “I just want to be happy”. This struck me as odd because I would not have given this reply to the question myself. Then I realised why – I am already [...]

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