Happiness

Yard done.......funny, I love to garden and haven't been excited about it since our drought. There is about 10 min. left to do, but am getting my worker to do it cause even with my wellies on, it's getting deep in the mulch bin and pulling some vine thang off the garage . Creepy things back there, which wouldn't normally scare me, but if I had to escape quickly, I would trip over the many Christmas Trees and such thrown back there. I think the bug/snake would win that battle.

You're right.....have funn, embrace and enjoy. It's all good; and, I am excited as I just passed a really difficult exam. God has always worked squirrelly in my life and I wonder if He's doing the same now. I believe there aren't any mistakes, just little (funn) diversions!

Enjoy your projects and your much deserved relaxation!! ;-) Your house sounds groovy!

Load up the ho and bring 'em on down. Let's just say that they brighten skunky's day. ;-)

You know? They still have that aroma! I wish I could bottle it for you....that frazier fir totally comes out when you step on it.

Why is this so exciting to y'all? I have morning doves nesting back there for years!

You know? They still have that aroma! I wish I could bottle it for you....that frazier fir totally comes out when you step on it.

Why is this so exciting to y'all? I have morning doves nesting back there for years!

After watching one go up in flames on Grayton beach it's a passion. Smiling Joe needs to upload that video.

In many ways yes, money can buy happiness. We sponsor 2 little girls. One is in Guatemala and the other in the Dominican Republic. We have also helped sponsor a community center where they have dental checkups and games, gym, etc... Brenda, the little girl from Guatemala, poses ever so happily next to some of the items she buys with our sponsorship. Her FIRST bed! And other very basic items that make her life more comfortable and in turn happier. AND a huge plus is how happy it makes me to see the photos and receive the letters from both girls.


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Agree. We sponsor a boy in Tanzania, and his letters always seem to come at the most appropriate times. One arrived on a day I had been biatching about some trivial nonsense or other - traffic? bad hair? - I can't even remember now. Anyway, this one contained a photo of him in his first suit, standing next to a large bag of rice or grain and some metal sheeting for his roof. It was like getting a (well-deserved) swift kick in the rear from the guy upstairs. And he never fails to ask God to bless me in his letters. I believe he already has.

And yes, I would use more money to make my life a bit easier and more financially secure, but don't need the grand mansion and all the latest gadgets to do that. It would be wonderful to support people and causes that I care about. Fortunately, Mr. C feels the same way, though I'm fairly confident that a boat is somewhere in the mix, too. ;-)

And yes, I would use more money to make my life a bit easier and more financially secure, but don't need the grand mansion and all the latest gadgets to do that. It would be wonderful to support people and causes that I care about.

Exactly.

Agree. We sponsor a boy in Tanzania, and his letters always seem to come at the most appropriate times. One arrived on a day I had been biatching about some trivial nonsense or other - traffic? bad hair? - I can't even remember now. Anyway, this one contained a photo of him in his first suit, standing next to a large bag of rice or grain and some metal sheeting for his roof. It was like getting a (well-deserved) swift kick in the rear from the guy upstairs. And he never fails to ask God to bless me in his letters. I believe he already has.

And yes, I would use more money to make my life a bit easier and more financially secure, but don't need the grand mansion and all the latest gadgets to do that. It would be wonderful to support people and causes that I care about. Fortunately, Mr. C feels the same way, though I'm fairly confident that a boat is somewhere in the mix, too. ;-)

That's wonderful about your sponsored child Minnie! Ha - it does put things in perspective. After watching Slumdog Millionaire the other night I thought - and I am worried about picking out countertops for the new house! I don't have ANY problems!

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PS We do our sponsorship via Children's International. How about you?

Compassion, and they arrange trips allowing sponsors to visit their sponsored children. We plan to do that one day.

Happine$$

i just read this thread again. happiness and money. hmm.

i just read this thread again. happiness and money. hmm.

Wow...I think I missed this one first time around. I detect a bit of the green eyed monster in some responses. That's not a good thing and will make one miserable and unhappy.

This just reminded me I need to check my mega millions ticket.

I would Loooooooove to have money. but i'm happy without it.

only if it came with plenty of time to enjoy it those I love to enjoy it with!

Ran across this timely (and sorta long ) item on the topic. Makes sense to me!

Can money buy happiness? Since the invention of money, or nearly enough, people have been telling one another that it can?t. Philosophers and gurus, holy books and self-help manuals have all warned of the futility of equating material gain with true well-being.

Modern research generally backs them up. Psychologists and economists have found that while money does matter to your sense of happiness, it doesn?t matter that much. Beyond the point at which people have enough to comfortably feed, clothe, and house themselves, having more money - even a lot more money - makes them only a little bit happier. So there?s quantitative proof for the preachings of St. Francis and the wisdom of the Buddha. Bad news for hard-charging bankers; good news for struggling musicians.

But starting to emerge now is a different answer to that age-old question. A few researchers are looking again at whether happiness can be bought, and they are discovering that quite possibly it can - it?s just that some strategies are a lot better than others. Taking a friend to lunch, it turns out, makes us happier than buying a new outfit. Splurging on a vacation makes us happy in a way that splurging on a car may not.

Happiness: A buyer?s guide - The Boston Globe

Would someone like to give me a couple of million so we can test the theory?

Would someone like to give me a couple of million so we can test the theory?

Nice try!

Happiness today was getting home and having the biggest welcome hug from Sweet Pea and love meows from Cowboy!