I thought I was exhausted from Writober, but it turned out I just needed the election to be over, or perhaps both. I unplugged yesterday, and didn’t peek at the results until kitty was curled up next to me, I had delicious baked plums to fill my empty belly, and cocoa-coffee to wash it down.Continue reading “Find the Joy in Grief and the Hope in Despair”
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Grief in Happiness and Happiness in Grief
Exploring the Big 5 abstractions is proving an interesting challenge. Turning my attention to happiness, I found some interesting websites: Happiness Academy World Happiness Foundation happiness.com https://www.dayofhappiness.net/ https://happinessday.org/ outlines 10 steps to Global Happiness: They define global happiness this way: Of course, none of those definitions actually define happiness which I contemplated a bit inContinue reading “Grief in Happiness and Happiness in Grief”
Bravely Facing This Stage of Grief
Bravery What is bravery? Courage. What is courage? Bravery. I love this stuff. It is a quality of mind or spirit that allows a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear. Other than military imagery of facing the enemy and facing death, what does bravery look like? How do I capture a qualityContinue reading “Bravely Facing This Stage of Grief”
Experience Writing 