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for Dec 21-22-23, 2007
AMERICA – The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ~Benjamin Franklin
Alan Smithee – Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. ~E.L. Konigsburg
Amy – If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. ~Edith Wharton
Country Bob – The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain
Glenn – Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ~Robert Anthony
Gloop – Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. ~Palmer Sondreal
Honor First – The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Openheim
Ish – If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy
Jlallen - What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner. ~Colette
Josh -- Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky
John Carragher – Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. ~Norm Papernick
Ken Adams – Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness. ~Robertson Davies
KLP – There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931
Lady Lurksalot – Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Laz - Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. ~St. Augustine
ManyMoose – Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. ~Margaret Young
Mph – It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed. ~Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard
Neeka – People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ~H. Jackson Browne
Nhaynes – "Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne
PatiBob – Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. ~John Barrymore
Peter Dierks – Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln
Richardred – Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tim Fowler – Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. ~Cynthia Nelms
Rudi – Happiness is a form of courage. ~Holbrook Jackson
Still Believing– Pleasure is spread through the earth
In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
~William Wordsworth, 1806
Carolyn –
This is my "depressed stance." When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this. ~Charlie Brown
Silver Bells" Christmas Time in the City – John Denver
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Christmas Music: "Silver Bells", Johnny Mathis
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Christmas Music: "A Holly Jolly Christmas", Burl Ives
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A Norman Rockwell Christmas Moment
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