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Every Wednesday is Tip Day, or List Day, or Quiz Day. This Wednesday: 72 Proverbs from Hell, by William Blake. I love paradoxes, koans, parables, proverbs, Secrets of Adulthood, and aphorisms. So how have I never come across poet William Blake’s Proverbs of Hell before? When I found it the other day, I couldn’t believe I’d never read it before. …
Assay: One surprising thing about happiness is that it has such a bad reputation. Yesterday, I was reading to my younger daughter from Shel Silverstein’s classic book of children’s poetry, Where the Sidewalk Ends. We came to this poem – which caught my eye, for obvious reasons. The Land of Happy Have you been to The Land of Happy, Where …
The best way out is always through. –Robert Frost One of my personal koans. * I was interested by this article about color, happiness, and depression: Different colors describe happiness vs. depression. * Are you reading The Happiness Project with a group? I’ve prepared a one-page discussion guide for book groups, as well as a guide tailored for church groups, …
“Happiness, knowledge, not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour.” –Walt Whitman * I get a big kick out of the blog Formerly Hot, and I particularly like the new Friday series, where people post about their “formerly.” * Interested in starting your own happiness project? If you’d like to take a look at …
