#happiness — Public Fediverse posts

Think of the last person you interacted with. How happy do you think you are relative to them? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth #psychology

Think of the last person you interacted with. How happy do you think you are relative to them? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth #psychology

How happy do you feel RIGHT NOW? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth

How happy do you feel RIGHT NOW? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth

https://www.europesays.com/be-fr/249935/ Le secret de Laurent Delahousse pour décrocher des confidences intimes que d’autres n’ont jamais eues #adult #BE #BEFr #Belgique #Belgium #cheerful #Divertissement #door #emotion #Entertainment #entrance #FrontView #happiness #immobilier #LookingAtCamera #Maison #MatureAdult #men #OnePerson #people #person #portrait #rdv #RendezVous #sitting #smiling

Think of the last person you interacted with. How happy do you think you are relative to them? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth #psychology

Think of the last person you interacted with. How happy do you think you are relative to them? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth #psychology

You may not switch off stress in one go, but you can interrupt it. Pause. Exhale slowly. Relax your shoulders. Name what you need. Small moments of safety help your nervous system reset.
 
#NervousSystem #Mindfulness #InnerCalm #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Happiness #Meditation

How happy do you feel RIGHT NOW? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth

How happy do you feel RIGHT NOW? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth

Think of the last person you interacted with. How happy do you think you are relative to them? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth #psychology

✨ A Joyful Pause ✨

Let's stop and reflect on something positive!

Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments or just enjoy your thoughts on your own!

Deep breath ...

What helps you feel connected to others?

#joyousjoyness #reflection #happiness #joy #QandA

How happy do you feel RIGHT NOW? (I ask this question every day to gauge how happy the Fediverse is.) #happiness #poll #mentalhealth

Retired teachers in their 30s live on cruise ships full-time for a little over $10K a year

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/young-retired-teachers-cruising-for-10k-ex1/

💧 #pool #swimmingpool #toptags #swimmingpooltime #swimmingpoolparty #swim #water #sun #bikini #piscina #iswim #enjoy #waterislife #relax #tan #happiness #happy #likes #photooftheday #reflection #fun #beautiful #amazing #nature

A good person is born in a family for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of the people. For the ...

#Buddhism #Theravada #suttas #sutta #benefit #welfare #happiness

Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.
-- Albert Camus

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertCamus #Happiness #Principles

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah

Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.
-- Albert Camus

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertCamus #Happiness #Principles

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah

Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.
-- Albert Camus

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertCamus #Happiness #Principles

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah

Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.
-- Albert Camus

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertCamus #Happiness #Principles

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah

Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.
-- Albert Camus

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertCamus #Happiness #Principles

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah

Ah, the ever-elusive #quest for #happiness among the #brainy elite! 🤓 Just enable #JavaScript and #cookies, and all your existential dilemmas will vanish like magic. It's 2022, folks—apparently, happiness now comes with a side of #browser settings! 🍪✨
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/why-arent-smart-people-happier #elite #settings #HackerNews #ngated

Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/why-arent-smart-people-happier

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378446

#HackerNews #smartpeople #happiness #mentalhealth #intelligence #2022

Intimacy and love. Wishing you all the same. #happiness #swingers #lifestyle #fetlife #flswingers #realcouple #couple #couple #bicouple

A quotation from The Bible

Wine is very life to humans
   if taken in moderation.
What is life to one who is without wine?
   It has been created to make people happy.
Wine drunk at the proper time and in moderation
   is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul.
   
[ἔφισον ζωῆς οἶνος ἀνθρώποις,
   ἐὰν πίνῃς αὐτὸν ἐν μέτρῳ αὐτοῦ.
τίς ζωὴ ἐλασσουμένῳ οἴνῳ;
   καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκτισται εἰς εὐφροσύνην ἀνθρώποις.
ἀγαλλίαμα καρδίας καὶ εὐφροσύνη ψυχῆς
   οἶνος πινόμενος ἐν καιρῷ αὐτάρκης·]

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 31:27ff (Sir 31:27–28) [tr. NRSV (2021 ed.)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/85500/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #apocrypha #sirach #ecclesiasticus #alcohol #drinking #enjoyment #happiness #intoxication #merriment #moderation #wine #party

💧 #pool #swimmingpool #toptags #swimmingpooltime #swimmingpoolparty #swim #water #sun #bikini #piscina #iswim #enjoy #waterislife #relax #tan #happiness #happy #likes #photooftheday #reflection #fun #beautiful #amazing #nature

“And she is also talking about the fact that #creativity comes when we allow the #goodness to flow through us, when we let it come through our pen or through our voice or, if we are a violinist or a pianist, through our fingers.” #IrisMurdoch #books #BookSky #happiness
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How To Be Happy

"What do you think is probably the happiest moment in one's whole life? I think it's the moment when one is walking in one's garden, perhaps picking a few dead flowers, and then suddenly one thinks: My husband lives in that house - and he loves me."
Virginia Woolf
#love #happiness #marriage #VirginiaWoolf

A quotation from Jean Kerr

SYDNEY: You don’t seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help. I tell you there is no despair like the despair of the man who has everything.

Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Poor Richard, Act 1 (1965)

More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/30990/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #despair #everything #happiness #hope #misery #money #poor #possessions #poverty #rich #unhappiness #wealth #pursuitofhappiness

A quotation from Orwell

I suggest that the real objective of Socialism is not happiness. Happiness hitherto has been a by-product, and for all we know it may always remain so. The real objective of Socialism is human brotherhood. This is widely felt to be the case, though it is not usually said, or not said loudly enough. Men use up their lives in heart-breaking political struggles, or get themselves killed in civil wars, or tortured in the secret prisons of the Gestapo, not in order to establish some central-heated, air-conditioned, strip-lighted Paradise, but because they want a world in which human beings love one another instead of swindling and murdering one another. And they want that world as a first step. Where they go from there is not so certain, and the attempt to foresee it in detail merely confuses the issue.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1943-12-20), “Can Socialists Be Happy?” “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper [as John Freeman]

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/47663/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #aspirations #brotherhood #cause #contentment #details #dissent #happiness #hope #love #loveyourneighbor #materialism #physical #planning #protest #sacrifice #socialism #struggle #torture #utopia #war

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll ("The Creed")

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertGreenIngersoll #Happiness #Life

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

International Kissing Day!

Kissing my husband who I love very much!

And kissing a client’s kitty!

Wishing everyone a day of kissing someone special.

And speaking of kissing, I have a cool summer romance novel, “The Gypsy Smiled” (available directly from my publisher for only $9 at: https://www.highergroundbooksandmedia.com/product-page/the-gypsy-smiled-by-maryanne-christiano-mistretta?srsltid=AfmBOormRyv2TH9fpG3wFdHZIxJtzxa2FmrdIW1MAXnrD6530GsOn1et)

And even more romance … I’m a certified relationship coach! My services are now available on ZOOM so I can reach people all over the world! Contact me at: [email protected] for pricing and availability. If you book during the month of July, I’ll give you half-off for your first session!

✮ Blinker ✮

We spend so much time blinking and looking away,
we blink so much that we don’t realize our fuse is alight.
A turn of the dial,
into another scene,
never rooted in the moment,
as transient as everything mortal.
We blink, to erase the unpleasant,
we blink, to jump forward,
coil our bodies around rest,
wrap paychecks inside our hands,
so, we can blink a little more.
We skip and jump out of the day,
when tomorrow is worse than today,
we blink it away,
as if we have unlimited blinks,
and soon enough we’ll hit a wall
and wish we could have kept our eyes open
more frequently.

Here today; gone tomorrow, never take anything for granted.

When complaining about long walks, someone is dreaming of having such luxury. Walks that people take for granted mean everything to someone else who is bound by a condition that prevents them from doing so. They could be bedridden; they could be hiding in fear in a war zone; they could be impeded by physical conditions that limit them.

You complain about tidying up. It’s because you have a home. You stress out over traffic. It’s because you have a car. You can’t deal with the noise. You have a family. Someone out there wants what you have but can only dream of it.

When frowning in dissatisfaction over a prepared meal, think about that person who took time and poured every ounce of their heart, hoping to bring you happiness. Think.

Be grateful that you are in school; not everyone is afforded such an opportunity. Not as a promise to secure a job, but to learn. Bitterness often comes from discounting what people already have. Contentment, as they say, is the key to happiness. Dream, but be forgiving. If it’s yours, it will come to fruition. If not, steady your heart and live with what you have.

Never neglect people or things that add, give, and bring value to your life. Blessed are those who can’t count how many people they love with their fingers. If you do, you’re already rich. Hurray! You will have someone to turn to.

At the end of the day, when all that you take for granted is gone, what will be left of you?

Copyright © Erwinism. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations used in critical reviews or scholarly work. This work is protected under international copyright laws. Unauthorized use or reproduction of this material is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action.

Live it Up!

✮ Blinker ✮

We spend so much time blinking and looking away,
we blink so much that we don’t realize our fuse is alight.
A turn of the dial,
into another scene,
never rooted in the moment,
as transient as everything mortal.
We blink, to erase the unpleasant,
we blink, to jump forward,
coil our bodies around rest,
wrap paychecks inside our hands,
so, we can blink a little more.
We skip and jump out of the day,
when tomorrow is worse than today,
we blink it away,
as if we have unlimited blinks,
and soon enough we’ll hit a wall
and wish we could have kept our eyes open
more frequently.

Here today; gone tomorrow, never take anything for granted.

When complaining about long walks, someone is dreaming of having such luxury. Walks that people take for granted mean everything to someone else who is bound by a condition that prevents them from doing so. They could be bedridden; they could be hiding in fear in a war zone; they could be impeded by physical conditions that limit them.

You complain about tidying up. It’s because you have a home. You stress out over traffic. It’s because you have a car. You can’t deal with the noise. You have a family. Someone out there wants what you have but can only dream of it.

When frowning in dissatisfaction over a prepared meal, think about that person who took time and poured every ounce of their heart, hoping to bring you happiness. Think.

Be grateful that you are in school; not everyone is afforded such an opportunity. Not as a promise to secure a job, but to learn. Bitterness often comes from discounting what people already have. Contentment, as they say, is the key to happiness. Dream, but be forgiving. If it’s yours, it will come to fruition. If not, steady your heart and live with what you have.

Never neglect people or things that add, give, and bring value to your life. Blessed are those who can’t count how many people they love with their fingers. If you do, you’re already rich. Hurray! You will have someone to turn to.

At the end of the day, when all that you take for granted is gone, what will be left of you?

Copyright © Erwinism. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations used in critical reviews or scholarly work. This work is protected under international copyright laws. Unauthorized use or reproduction of this material is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action.

Live it Up!

✮ Blinker ✮

We spend so much time blinking and looking away,
we blink so much that we don’t realize our fuse is alight.
A turn of the dial,
into another scene,
never rooted in the moment,
as transient as everything mortal.
We blink, to erase the unpleasant,
we blink, to jump forward,
coil our bodies around rest,
wrap paychecks inside our hands,
so, we can blink a little more.
We skip and jump out of the day,
when tomorrow is worse than today,
we blink it away,
as if we have unlimited blinks,
and soon enough we’ll hit a wall
and wish we could have kept our eyes open
more frequently.

Here today; gone tomorrow, never take anything for granted.

When complaining about long walks, someone is dreaming of having such luxury. Walks that people take for granted mean everything to someone else who is bound by a condition that prevents them from doing so. They could be bedridden; they could be hiding in fear in a war zone; they could be impeded by physical conditions that limit them.

You complain about tidying up. It’s because you have a home. You stress out over traffic. It’s because you have a car. You can’t deal with the noise. You have a family. Someone out there wants what you have but can only dream of it.

When frowning in dissatisfaction over a prepared meal, think about that person who took time and poured every ounce of their heart, hoping to bring you happiness. Think.

Be grateful that you are in school; not everyone is afforded such an opportunity. Not as a promise to secure a job, but to learn. Bitterness often comes from discounting what people already have. Contentment, as they say, is the key to happiness. Dream, but be forgiving. If it’s yours, it will come to fruition. If not, steady your heart and live with what you have.

Never neglect people or things that add, give, and bring value to your life. Blessed are those who can’t count how many people they love with their fingers. If you do, you’re already rich. Hurray! You will have someone to turn to.

At the end of the day, when all that you take for granted is gone, what will be left of you?

Copyright © Erwinism. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations used in critical reviews or scholarly work. This work is protected under international copyright laws. Unauthorized use or reproduction of this material is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action.

Live it Up!

These two sweet, mountain girls came in for their Spaw Day today… 🤗💞🐾 those coats were super matted, so we had to shave them down.

They are feeling good and ready for summer. ❤️

#yorkie #dogs #pure #love #dogsofmastodon #doglife #dog #happiness

A quotation from The Bible

The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.
 
[εὐφροσύνη καρδίας ζωὴ ἀνθρώπου,
καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα ἀνδρὸς μακροημέρευσις.]

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 30:22ff (Sir 30:22) [tr. KJV (1611)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84744/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestrament #apocrypha #sirach #ecclesiasticus #attitude #gladness #gusto #happiness #joy #lifespan #living #longlife #positiveattitude #rejoicing

A quotation from The Bible

The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.
 
[εὐφροσύνη καρδίας ζωὴ ἀνθρώπου,
καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα ἀνδρὸς μακροημέρευσις.]

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 30:22ff (Sir 30:22) [tr. KJV (1611)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84744/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestrament #apocrypha #sirach #ecclesiasticus #attitude #gladness #gusto #happiness #joy #lifespan #living #longlife #positiveattitude #rejoicing

A quotation from The Bible

The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.
 
[εὐφροσύνη καρδίας ζωὴ ἀνθρώπου,
καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα ἀνδρὸς μακροημέρευσις.]

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 30:22ff (Sir 30:22) [tr. KJV (1611)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84744/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestrament #apocrypha #sirach #ecclesiasticus #attitude #gladness #gusto #happiness #joy #lifespan #living #longlife #positiveattitude #rejoicing

A quotation from The Bible

The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.
 
[εὐφροσύνη καρδίας ζωὴ ἀνθρώπου,
καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα ἀνδρὸς μακροημέρευσις.]

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 30:22ff (Sir 30:22) [tr. KJV (1611)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84744/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestrament #apocrypha #sirach #ecclesiasticus #attitude #gladness #gusto #happiness #joy #lifespan #living #longlife #positiveattitude #rejoicing

Intimacy and love. Wishing you all the same. #happiness #swingers #lifestyle #fetlife #flswingers #realcouple #couple #couple #bicouple

63 Most-Rated K-Dramas Of All Time On Viki

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.soompi.com/article/1544313wpp/most-rated-k-dramas-of-all-time-on-viki

humble chaos

https://blogguerz.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/humble-chaos/

design quiz complete, ramen loading, [fake] flyer pending

https://blogguerz.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/design-quiz-complete-ramen-loading-fake-flyer-pending/

less foggy, more forward-y

https://blogguerz.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/less-foggy-more-forward-y/

Beachy keen by day, carousel by night, and the Judy Blume rest stop!

Posing with my turtle sand sculpture! He’s awkward, but cute!

Hello little guy!

Judy Blume rest stop

The rest stops on the Garden State Parkway are named after prominent people who lived in New Jersey. Yesterday was the first time we visited the Judy Blume one. Earlier this year I was on a Judy Blume kick, re-reading her books I loved as a kid. I was ecstatic to be here. Back in March I covered a book talk by Mark Oppenheimer at Word Bookstore in Maplewood. He penned a bio on Judy Blume called “A Life.” You can read more here: https://essexnewsdaily.com/arts/author-of-judy-blume-book-gives-talk-at-bookstore-in-maplewood/

Judy Blume was known for her realism in writing for young adults. And as a young adult in the 1970s, and as much as I loved her books, I must say I also loved horror books like “Carrie” and science fiction like “Planet of the Apes” (the book takes place in France, unlike the USA as the movie does) and “Planet of the Blind” and many comic books.

Blume’s books were controversial at the time, talking to kids about hard-ons and menstruation. But these were the things we wanted to hear. Some things just couldn’t be discussed with parents. My mom told me about menstruation two years before I got my period. Like “Margaret” in Blume’s book, “Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret?” I couldn’t wait! It meant I was growing up.

As for hard-ons, I remember asking my mom, “What does it mean when a guy’s dick goes up?”

Her answer, “That’s called a hard on. Stay away from him and don’t let him touch your titties.”

See what I mean? Ask a grown up a simple question and that’s the answer you get. Judy Blume gave kids answers via her fictional stories.

Judy Blume = a Jersey girl!

A beautiful restored carousel, in the Carousel Museum in Seaside Heights

This is something to be seen! Even the tickets were everything. I’d say this carousel is the heart and soul of Seaside Heights.

I found this fascinating blog about it: https://visitingamuseum.com/2024/07/23/seaside-heights-historical-society-1400-boardwalk-seaside-heights-nj-08751/

62 and a half, and still a kid!

My husband horsing around!

And now for a self-care week ahead — therapy, acupuncture, a much needed haircut, and regular dental cleaning so I can keep smiling.