Three good things today

 In the spirit of finding good things in each day, here are 3 good things that happened in my day today.

1- I had a nice phone call with a friend I hadn't talked to in a while and it was lovely to be able to spend time speaking with her about her new house.

2-I made a really nice shrimp, rice and vegetables dinner which was tasty!

3-I got everything done that I wanted to accomplish. 

Wherever you are reading this, I hope that you have many things in your day that make you feel happy. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Hope for better things to come

 "We have always held the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world beyond the horizon." -Franklin  D. Roosevelt

 
I rather like the idea that there's always something to hope for and strive for. I figure no one really knows what the future will bring. The beauty of the future is that there is always hope for the future.  Wherever you are reading this, I hope you always have hope for good things to come and when the good things do come to you, I hope you enjoy them to the fullest! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Snow

 We had a big snowstorm where I live and as much as it's cold, there's something nice about looking out at the snow. Where I grew up we had quite a few snowstorms in the winter and so in some ways, snow reminds me of where I grew up and how I liked to play in the snow as a kid and it was fun to make snowmen and go sledding with my siblings, which was really fun. In short, snow falling makes me think of good times I've had in my life. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you remember good times in your life and that they make you smile. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Hooray for hot tea!

 I know it's a little late but I just found out that January is National Hot Tea month, according to the Tea Council of the USA! I grew up in a house where tea was a major part of life so I very much appreciate National Hot Tea Month. Personally, I'm all about the chamomile tea. To learn more about the history of tea click here. I hope that wherever you are reading this, that even if you don't like tea, you always have something in your life that makes you feel warm and happy. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

May you live life to the fullest!

 "May you live all the days of your life." -Jonathan Smith

In the spirit of this quote, to all who read this, I hope you live every day of your life to the fullest. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Sending love

Today, I'm just writing to wish everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Even if your day is blue

 May your day not be blue, but if it is, just remember that you're loved, you're fabulous and you can make your day any color you want it to be! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Monday Mood booster!

 I love dogs and I felt my mood needed to be boosted today, so when I saw this video it really made me happy. I hope it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Some more words of wisdom

" Never wear anything that panics the cat." P. J. O'Rourke

 

I never realized cats have fashion sense but to avoid accident or injury, I urge everyone not to wear things that panic our feline friends. I send everyone (including cats, despite the fact that I'm sadly allergic to them) much love now and always.

Who knows what's around the corner

""Who knows what may lie around the next corner? There may be a window somewhere ahead. It may look out on a field of sunflowers."-Joe Hill

I like this quote because it speaks to how no one knows what's coming in the future but it could be something really good. Plus, I like sunflowers, they make me happy. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Just for fun

"Do unto others, then run!" -Benny Hill

 The actor and comedian Benny Hill was born today in 1924 and this quote from him always makes me laugh. If you have something fun to do that might get you into a spot of trouble, I'd say do it and run! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Just because this made me smile

 I saw this lovely video of a baby laughing and playing with some puppies and it made me smile so I decided to share it here in the hope that it helps others feel happy too. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Something there's never enough of

 "There are never enough I Love You's"-Lenny Bruce

I figure the world can always use more love in it and so in that spirit, I send best wishes and much love to everyone, now and always.

Happiest day

 I was watching the Netflix series Maid and in it, one of the characters leads a writing group where one of the writing exercises was for each person in the group to write about their happiest day. In that spirit, I thought I'd write about a happy day I had.

I think one of my happiest days was my 25th birthday when I decided I'd go out and give hugs to people in Boston with a group of friends. I'd seen a video of a guy doing such an event in Australia and it just looked really fun because it seemed to make people feel happy. I told my friends that if it wasn't fun after 30 minutes we'd go have ice cream or something. We ended up staying out there for 3 hours. We got a really great response too in the sense that people said really nice things to us. There was  guy said one of his relatives had died that week and we'd helped him feel a bit better and another thanked us for "being human in a concrete jungle."  It all made me feel really happy. Then afterwards we all had a nice dinner and went home.  I realize that event is a bit unusual but all I can say is it's always made me feel really good to see others happy and that's why that day was my happiest day. (Although I plan on having many more happy days to come, that day stands out to me always.)  Even though hugging random people isn't healthy now, I still send virtual hugs to everyone now and always.

What faith is

 "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the staircase."-Martin Luther King Jr. 

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day I thought I'd share this quote from Martin Luther King Jr. that I like very much.  It makes me think of how in some ways, much of what we do takes faith because we never really know what's coming.  One thing I like about Dr. King is that he always had faith that things can be better and eventually that they will be better. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you always have faith that things can get better. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Happiness in winter or summer

"People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy."- Anton Chekhov

I felt this quote was particularly applicable today as it's cold outside in the area where I'm writing this. I hope that wherever you are reading this, that you can find happiness no matter the weather. I send everyone best wishes much love now and always.

 

Love is the only richness

 "Love is the only gold."-Alfred Lord Tennyson 

I think love is the best thing there is and to me, having love is worth more than anything. All I know is that as long as I have love and can give love to others then I'm doing all right. I hope that wherever you are reading this, that you love many people and that you know you are loved and are deserving of love. In that spirit, I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Fun weird fact

Just for the heck of it, here's a weird fact inspired by the cold weather that's descended upon us. There is in fact, a town in Norway called Hell and every winter it does freeze over! To read more about it, click here.

I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

You don't have to get old

 "You can't help getting older but you don't have to get old."-George Burns

I rather like this quote because I feel like a part of me has always stayed young. I still like cartoons and kids movies, I still find things to wonder at and just as when I was young,  I don't want to stop learning. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you'll always be young at heart. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Kittens and puppies can get along

 I know that it's said that dogs and cats don't get along typically but as this video  below shows that puppies and kittens can get along quite well.  Anyway, I post the video here as it made me smile. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Useless knoweledge

 "There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." -Bertrand Russell

 

In the spirit of this quote, here is a piece of useless knowledge:

 

The name for a fear of long words (and yes there is a word that describes a fear of long words,) is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia! 

 I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always!

A little bit of vanity

 It's the singer Rod Stewart's birthday and one of the songs he's famous for singing is called Maggie May which I like a lot because it's cheerful and it has my name in the title. For the sake of a small measure of vanity, I share the song here because it makes me happy. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Act now

 "Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay."-Simone de Beauvoir

The nice thing about each day is each day is a chance to change something and to do something that helps you feel good and possibly helps others. Wherever you are reading this, I hope that you change something in your life each day and that the changes you make are for the better (for yourself and/or others.) I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

There's always something you can do

 "However difficult life may seem, there's always something you can do and succeed at."-Stephen Hawking

I've always liked the idea that there's always  something to be done and something I can do.  Whenever I feel sad I find I do feel better if/when I find something to do and to focus on, especially if the thing I'm doing is something that helps other and something that makes me feel happy. Wherever you're reading this, I hope that you can keep happy by always finding things to do that interest you. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Happy Friday!

 I wish everyone the happiest of Fridays and best wishes for the weekend to come. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

Resolve to keep happy

 "Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties."-Helen Keller

I find I can face things better if I keep happy. If I can focus on something positive I  can get through a lot of things. It gives me hope for the future. Wherever you're reading this, I hope that you can always find the happy in each day. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

 

Happiness is balance

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.-Thomas Merton

I rather like this quote because I find a lot of happiness in rhythm and harmony through singing. Wherever you're reading this, I hope you  are able to do things in each day that bring rhythm and harmony to your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

 

 

Funny video just for the heck of it

 I saw this video and it made me laugh and I figure no more than ever, laughter is the best medicine. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

The start is the best part

 "They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many.."-J. R. R. Tolkien

I rather like starting things and finishing them and as this quote states, I think the starting part isn't the hardest part, it's the keeping going that is the challenge. However, I find that as long as I start something well and it's something I really want to do, getting to finishing it isn't so hard in the end. If there's something that you want to do (especially if it's something that will help other people) I hope you start it and finish it despite whatever difficulties may be involved. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

A new year's resolution

"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word."- Goran Persson

 I rather like this resolution because really, when it comes down to it, what we have in life is each other. To whoever reads this, this year, I hope you are able to make a point of being (either virtually or in person) with people who care about you and who you care about in return. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. Share this Quote Goran Persson
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The life that’s waiting for you

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”- E. M. Forster

I feel the quote above is appropriate for today, as it’s the first day of 2022. One thing I rather like about life is it’s never entirely certain what’s coming. I hope that wherever you’re reading this, that you can remember that although  it’s good to have plans, it’s also good to be able to let go of plans and enjoy the ride! I send everyone much love and best wishes for this new year!