be a light; use what you've got.
share it. pour forth- spend out, for all the best reasons.
is there anything more beautiful
than generosity of spirit?
happy new year, with love
wishing you a glorious 2012
Showing posts with label The Happiness Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Happiness Project. Show all posts
31.12.11
16.12.10
reading writing & wrapping
besides wanting to thank about six dozen people and send them all notes + get out christmas cards, i have a rather-too-long-in-waiting stack of gifts to wrap & (yes, it's funny, actually; why wait 'til this moment in december?) mail. all of this, honestly, might be easier to tackle if i didn't sort of expect to do a cracker-jack job on each one & have them be worthy of a small space in a bergdorf (sigh) window. anyhow. i'm going to read this (because i need to) and get back to all of you after at least a half-dozen of those gifts have been wrapped. and they won't need to be bergdorfy, they'll just need to be mailed. right? see you soon. happy wrapping to you, too.image: jean prouvé desk via sweet handmade charlotte
5.12.10
focus
"...it's a daily task:
Focus on the good and the things you can change/improve in your life.
Appreciate what you have and surround yourself with good people.
Live in the moment."
via two favorites (together):
photo via another favorite:little augury (whom i believe lives by the motto above)
+ another bday shout-out to my beloved [favorite] sister,who's taught me worlds about these very concepts. xox.
10.9.10
16.7.10
the angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory
Someone who means the world to me sent, years ago, a card that has become a lodestar, one of my greatest treasures; the thing that's special is the love with which it was created, that it is written in her hand (which is unmistakable and fills me with happiness), and that it has two quotes which have come to represent more than I can say. The first, from St. Augustine:
Lord, our hearts are restless
until they find their rest in you.
The second?
It refers to a work in progress.
Things take longer than you'd like, sometimes.
(The journey, though, is good.)
I'm hoping to take a break from blogging.
It's summer.
There are fireflies to catch.
(but one never knows)
18.4.10
in the best of all possible worlds
“When you are content to be simply
yourself and don’t compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.”
(quote via Gretchen Rubin and
her delightful happy project)
2.3.10
Gretchen and Julia
"Enthusiasm is a terrific quality. The more I think about happiness, the more I value enthusiasm. It can seem cooler and smarter to be ironic, detached, or critical, and it’s certainly much easier and safer to adopt that sort of stance. But enthusiasm is more fun. Enthusiasm is generous, positive, energetic, and social. It’s outward-turning and engaged. It’s unselfconscious, warm-hearted, and kind of goofy..."
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