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Tag Archives: something to smile about
This Is What It Is To Be Happy
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery–air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’” -Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
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Posted in Student Blog Project 2013
Tagged Air, Alps, Be Happy, Castle, Church, happiness, Happy, Island, Lake, Lake Bled, Lungs, Mountains, Nature, People, Scenery, Slovenia, Slyvia Plath, Smile, something to smile about, syndicated, The Bell Jar, Trees
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Window of Opportunity
“If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.” -Tom Peters
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Tagged City, Copenhagen, Denmark, happiness, Happy, Opportunity, Quote, Shade, Smile, something to smile about, Sunset, syndicated, Tower, Window
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Happiness Tip of the Day
According to Professor Willibald Ruch of the University of Zurich people who focus on utilizing their strengths in their everyday lives experience more happiness than people who focus their attention on what they think they need to change about themselves. To identify your strong suits Ruch suggests you take a free assessment developed by psychologists called: the Values in […]
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Tagged Article, happiness, Happy, Professor, Psychologist, Smile, something to smile about, syndicated, The Values in Action Inventory of Strength Survey, University of Zurich, Willibald Ruch
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I Love You To The Moon
These pictures were taken by my brother’s girlfriend who lives across the ocean from him in Germany. They hang over a window in his kitchen so that every morning he has a reminder that she “loves him to the moon” and back.
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Tagged Germany, Girlfriend, happiness, Happy, I Love You To the Moon, Love, Pictures, Polaroid, Quote, Smile, something to smile about, syndicated
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There Is a Place Back Home On the Lake
“There is a place back home on the lake I live next to where I go to think and it usually brings me peace. I’ve gone there whenever I have had hard times and it is a good place to just escape and take my mind off sad things.”(Squam Lake, New Hampshire)
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Tagged Escape, happiness, Happy, Lake, Nature, Peace, Quote, Smile, something to smile about, syndicated
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The One Place That Never Fails To Make Me Happy
“The one place that never fails to make me happy is Bodo’s Bagels. It is my favorite restaurant in Charlottesville. I went there all the time as a kid as well as in high school with my friends to hang out after class. It is also the place where I meet my friends to catch […]
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Tagged Bagels, Bodo’s Bagels, Charlottesville, Class, Food, Friends, happiness, Happy, Memories, Quote, Smile, something to smile about, syndicated
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There Is More Than One Type of Happiness
“If you could give people one piece of advice about happiness what would it be?” “I think people need to remember there is more than one type of happiness.” (Montauk, New York)
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Tagged Beach, happiness, Happy, Quote, Smile, something to smile about, syndicated
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