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1. 

   9/03/07

   gosmelltheflowers

   Great posts - both of 'em.
   
   To us happiness is being content AND accepting what is JUST IS! However, when people send someone flowers from our site, post a mind bending comment or contribute to a discussion thread at our blog it makes us extra happy. No comments on our blog - not AS happy, but hey, thems the breaks....
   
   www.gosmelltheflowers.com/blog

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2. 

   9/03/07

   monkeytale

   1) My kids, I've enjoyed raising them and watching them turn into neat young adults.
   
   2) Pepsi, the sweet, sugary nectar of the gods.
   
   3) Fishing. Nothing like being out on the river on a beautiful day.
   
   4) That we have limited a President from serving more than 2 full terms. (10 years max, actually if I remember correctly.) The Bushmeister is out in less than a year and a half.
   
   5) Life, in general, because the alternative isn't certain/known to be as happy.

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3. 

   9/03/07

   crpitt

   1. My nephews, both make me laugh.
   2. Hiking, fresh air and sometimes nice weather.
   3. Blogging, i need somewhere to download all my rubbish
   4. Counselling studies, being on what i think is the right career path makes me very happy.
   5. My new love of gardening, its that fresh air again, well as fresh as it can be were i live
   
   Great posts and great question

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4. 

   9/03/07

   Nim

   1. Being alive.
   2. Being healthy.
   3. Being there for my friends & family.
   4. Being able to run.
   5. Being able to work, not because I have to but because I want to.

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5. 

   9/03/07

   mrsnesbitt

   Great answers...shows we are quite content doesn't it

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6. 

   9/03/07

   SocialCitizen

   Good music! (Or, at least music I think is good!) And a good live concert to boot!

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7. 

   9/03/07

   clioandme

   Your avatar, Mrs. Nesbitt.

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8. 

   9/03/07

   mrsnesbitt

   Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww thanks stoneman.
   Would you like a copy? It is from an original painting of mine, of one of my geese.

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      9/03/07

      clioandme

      Sure. Thank you!
      
      The easiest email address to describe in public is this one: add my first name (mark) to my last name (stoneman) with no spaces. Then add the @ thingy, followed by mac dot com.
9. 

   9/03/07

   frenchkys

   Spending time with people I love. Money (I'm green, what can I say). Weekends. Parties. Jokes (sure, even the corny ones). Having a job. Finding comfort in others and vice versa. Oh, and music -- I never leave the house without it.

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10. 

    9/03/07

    robinj

    me me me me I make myself happy and of course I can at times do a good job at making myself miserable as well lol

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11. 

    9/03/07

    mrsnesbitt

    Great stuff!

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12. 

    9/03/07

    VampireFaust

    Being creative
    Writing
    Being surrounded by my good friends
    Hearing excellent live music
    Traveling to new places
    Good wine and sushi
    My cats

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13. 

    9/04/07

    mrsnesbitt

    Vampire, so true to heart.
    Heart warming to read first thing today.

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14. 

    9/04/07

    Albran

    I do not perceive my own best interests.
    
    "In no situation that arises do you realize the outcome that would make you happy. Therefore, you have no guide to appropriate action, and no way of judging the result. What you do is determined by your perception of the situation, and that perception is wrong. It is inevitable, then, that you will not serve your own best interests. Yet they are your only goal in any situation which is correctly perceived. Otherwise, you will not recognize what they are.
    
    If you realized that you do not perceive your own best interests, you could be taught what they are. But in the presence of your conviction that you do know what they are, you cannot learn. The idea for today is a step toward opening your mind so that learning can begin.
    
    The exercises for today require much more honesty than you are accustomed to using. A few subjects, honestly and carefully considered in each of the five practice periods which should be undertaken today, will be more helpful than a more cursory examination of a large number. Two minutes are suggested for each of the mind-searching periods which the exercises involve.
    
    The practice periods should begin with repeating today's idea, followed by searching the mind, with closed eyes, for unresolved situations about which you are currently concerned. The emphasis should be on uncovering the outcome you want. You will quickly realize that you have a number of goals in mind as part of the desired outcome, and also that these goals are on different levels and often conflict.
    
    In applying the idea for today, name each situation that occurs to you, and then enumerate carefully as many goals as possible that you would like to be met in its resolution. The form of each application should be roughly as follows:
    
    In the situation involving ----, I would
    like ---- to happen, and ---- to happen,
    
    and so on. Try to cover as many different kinds of outcomes as may honestly occur to you, even if some of them do not appear to be directly related to the situation, or even to be inherent in it at all.
    
    If these exercises are done properly, you will quickly recognize that you are making a large number of demands of the situation which have nothing to do with it. You will also recognize that many of your goals are contradictory, that you have no unified outcome in mind, and that you must experience disappointment in connection with some of your goals, however the situation turns out.
    
    After covering the list of as many hoped-for goals as possible, for each unresolved situation that crosses your mind say to yourself:
    
    I do not perceive my own best interests
    in this situation,
    
    and go on to the next one."
    
    (Lesson 24, A Course In Miracles)

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    1. 

       9/04/07

       MadameX

       Assuming that we accept all this, "best interests" and "happy" aren't really synonymous, are they?
    2. 

       9/04/07

       Albran

       Best intrests is then whatever serves you to be truly happy, or to remember/achieve true happiness.
       
       In most situations I can admit that I am not truly happy, if I follow my own wishes, or that what I thought would make me happy did not do so. But as long as I can keep up the hope of finding next time, I seem to content myself with going on. But deep inside, I know damn well...
       
       It is called addiction to death.
15. 

    9/04/07

    patrickac

    My family... My wife tells me that I favour my youngest daughter... I can't see it myself, but guess I won't argue about that =) I love her =)
    
    Here's a photo of her:
    
    

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16. 

    9/04/07

    mrsnesbitt

    Patrickac..
    awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
    She is gorgeous.

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       9/04/07

       patrickac

       She's known as daddy's girl =)
17. 

    9/04/07

    crkian

    My family portrait
    
    

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       9/04/07

       robinsonjoel

       lol! that's maybe not funny!
18. 

    9/04/07

    mrsnesbitt

    crkian...yes I can spot you! Those eyes eh! LOL!

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       9/04/07

       crkian

       That reminds me I should feed them really
19. 

    9/04/07

    jhearle77

    Its kinda difficult to measure happiness as a whole. But what makes me smile is when i talk to my boyfriend and when we're together. That's simple. Love makes me happy. www.lovebeige.com

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20. 

    9/04/07

    mrsnesbitt

    Sharing, giving & receiving love is a lovely way to be happy.

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21. 

    9/04/07

    ThriftShopRomantic

    -A good cup of coffee
    
    -Something positive that happens out of the blue (expecting good things is never as fun as the ones that are a surprise)
    
    -A creative project working out well
    
    -Spring when things just start to bud

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22. 

    9/04/07

    mrsnesbitt

    Thrift Shop....lovely.
    I love spring, right now Autumn is getting ready to pounce...can feel the nip in the air!

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23. 

    9/04/07

    bipolarchick

    antidepressants and mood stabilizers (wellbutrin and lamictal)

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24. 

    9/04/07

    mrsnesbitt

    bipolarchick, just reading your blog, can I leave a comment?

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25. 

    9/04/07

    Lovebabz

    At the moment, a really exceptional glass of syrah or merlot--anything red, good friends sitting around solving the words problems on top of our own, great ribs and fried fish and midnight sex with all the right foreplay.

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26. 

    9/04/07

    mulledvine

    Being hugged by my children
    My first cup of coffee in the morning
    Playing my guitar well
    Being of service to others
    Self-acceptance
    My wife's roast chicken
    God

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27. 

    9/05/07

    mrsnesbitt

    Lovebabz & mulledvine, again such lovely examples.

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28. 

    9/05/07

    Albran

    The other day I posted "I just want to be happy".
    
    Sometimes you say this, and really mean it, especially after being "striped of" or "losing" what you hold dear. That is because you realize somewhere that you are doing it to yourself. Then it takes mind training, not to go back to the old situation that caused the upset and pain.
    
    teachingacourseinmiracles.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-just-want-to-be-happy.html

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29. 

    9/05/07

    Vishnuap

    Whenever things go my way, I am Happy. Whenever they don't... well, I just hope they do.

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30. 

    9/06/07

    Nicholebeard

    My four kids and great husband make life worth it!

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31. 

    9/18/07

    Conscious

    Realizing that I have the power to create wonderful situations in this life.
    Great music and great conversation.

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32. 

    9/18/07

    mrsnesbitt

    Great Albran, I did read your comment.
    
    Vishnaup,Nichole and Conscious
    
    Thanks for responding I will check out your blogs too.
    
    Great!
    Nice to know things, things which money can't buy make us happy!

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