TALLSAM's Dec 2011 CalorieKing Blog

You can't eat happiness

Wednesday, December 28th 2011

You can't buy it. You can't wear it. You can't drive it, or drink it, or sell it, or steal it. You can't lock it away. You can't negotiate for it. You can't win it, you can't marry it, you can't inherit it, you can't cheat it. You can't smoke it, or inject it, or rent it or borrow it. You can't campaign for it or beg for it, or talk other people into giving you theirs.

You can live happiness.

You can create it. You can be it. You can give it to others. You can enjoy it. You can share...

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Tuesday, December 27th 2011

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."


Helen Keller



"The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being."


Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama



"What you thought before has led ...

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POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY

Friday, December 23rd 2011

POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY
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All high achievers plan their work and work their plan, for they are
keenly aware that "luck" is most often being prepared to take
advantage of a situation.

-- Unknown

Of course

Wednesday, December 21st 2011

Do you ever catch yourself saying "of course?"

"I stopped at the store to get some bread and of course they were all out. Jean just called and of course she won't be able to come to the meeting. I installed the new software and of course I can't figure out how to get it working."

When you say "of course" do you realize what it implies? That whatever you were expecting, is what actually happened. Of course. Do expectations create your reality? Of course t...

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That is the news that keeps me smiling.

Tuesday, December 20th 2011

Shopping



I have found myself spending more time shopping than I use to spend. I know what I need, and I check with my wife to see if she needs anything, then I am off to the store.

Now, this is when I start to have problems with my “senior’s” brain. I find my stuff, but have problems trying to remember what wifey wanted. I look at all of the neat stuff. I swing around to the televisions, and somewhere between neat stuff and televisions my...

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