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COVID19 Will Never Control Our Happiness

When you’re going through hell, KEEP GOING – Winston Churchill This too will pass – Persian adage Our brains are hardwired for survival.  That’s a good thing….it helps us… well, survive.  But it also has a couple sometimes  detrimental side effects that can damage our peace of mind especially in incredibly difficult times like those... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
April 13, 2020 at 10:37 am • 

Staying Happy Through the Blaming, Shaming and Gaming of Relationships

“Just because you don’t understand something doesn’t t mean its nonsense” – Lemony Snicket “To err is human, to blame it on someone else is even more human” – Jacob’s Law If you find navigating through relationships – whether familial, friendships or romantic –  as challenging, welcome to the human race.  Having deep, connected relationships is a... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
May 3, 2019 at 1:16 pm • 

A Personal Journey Through Loss to Happiness

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” – Socrates “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end” – Robin Sharma Almost a year ago I posted a blog entitled “This Too Will Change.”  After weeks of what seemed like constant... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
March 15, 2017 at 9:42 am • 
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Look Inside Others' Book Covers to Boost Happiness

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” ― William Shakespeare “Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.” ― Galileo Galilei Do you ever find yourself defining others... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
June 9, 2016 at 11:55 am • 

For Better or Worse, This Too Will Pass

“If you’re going through hell, keep going!” – Winston Churchill “Thanks to impermanence, anything is possible”  – Thich Nhat Hanh Welcome to this blogger’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad couple of weeks. I have faced the passing of a dear relative, being tremendously let down by someone I thought I could forever count on, receiving... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
May 4, 2016 at 3:47 pm • 

But He Started It….Revenge, Forgiveness and Happiness

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama A super PAC questions a candidate’s wife’s potential as a first lady, the candidate reacts with attacks on another candidate’s wife and fidelity, that candidate responds with further insults. Revenge ranting (often in response to... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
March 31, 2016 at 3:15 pm • 
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Politics (other Controversies) and Hate - the Meerkat Effect

“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. “I hate and love. And why, perhaps you’ll ask.  I don’t know: but I feel, and I’m tormented.”        ― Catullus The full-swing of elections seems to have brought with... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
March 9, 2016 at 10:38 am • 

Winter Doldrums? Say Goodbye to Your Inner Eeyore!

“Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.” – George Bernard Shaw “In presence, we see the beauty in what was previously unbeautiful.”- Gina Sharpe Are you falling into the winter doldrums? The holidays have passed, football season is over, the novelty of winter has turned... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
February 23, 2016 at 3:00 pm • 

I Wish I Had a Life Like.....: The Dangers of Social Comparison

“Be Who You are, Everyone Else is Taken” – Oscar Wilde” Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people’s ideas, and it is more than they can... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
January 29, 2016 at 9:26 am • 
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Can Happiness Survive Tragedy - Embracing Paris

“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer “Sometimes life knocks you on your ass… get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.” ― Steve Maraboli Our world can be cruel, harbor evil and bring sadness... Read more »
By Sandy Burke,
November 17, 2015 at 3:33 pm •