Today March 20, 2013 is the first ever U.N. International Day of Happiness. I first learned about it when I attended Visual Happiness an art exhibit at the Queens Museum of Art currently running through March 24th in their Partnership Gallery. The exhibit pairs photography from various cultures across the … Continue reading →
Hope is a dress that my mother once wore A fiddle tune I heard that has no words Hope is the one thing we have never lost… –Susan McKeown River (song lyrics excerpt). River by Irish-born Celtic musician Susan McKeown is a real favorite in my music library. While I … Continue reading →
The Importance of Gratitude “My own gratitude heart is all that matters.” -Sri Chinmoy Down through the ages, great thinkers in religion and philosophy recommend cultivating gratitude as a key to happiness and satisfaction. A task as simple as keeping a daily gratitude journal in which one reflects on one’s … Continue reading →
Paper lace grace flutters al fresco a ticker tape parade thousand happiness wish -Sharani (July 2006) I slowly moved forward in walking meditation, silent, reverent, linked in a seamless circle with others taking darshan from the teacher. With each completion of another time around in our circular passage, a rarefied … Continue reading →