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Against a background of prismatic dandelions, the words say, “When you become grateful for small pleasures, your outlook changes and opportunities seem to open up everywhere in your life.” The background is an image licensed from 123rf. The quote is courtesy of Kerri Richardson’s blog post, “Keep the Gratitude Going.”
The “Gratitude Series”

The “Gratitude Series”

The “Gratitude Series” first saw daylight on this blog 10 years ago. Recently I’ve been diving deeply back into the archives of this blog, and finding all kinds of interesting things – but they’re “antiques” from a contemporary point of view. Ten years ago, in 2015 we did havesmartphones. The iPhone had been introduced eight years earlier. But back then, bloggers knew that most people would be reading our posts on desktop computers with what we now consider slothlike modems….

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Drawing a meaningful line

Drawing a meaningful line

The Artdog Quote of the Week That old cliche “money can’t buy happiness” may be true, but deep down inside most people don’t believe it. I was talking with a friend recently, about a longtime childhood acquaintance of hers whom she’d once asked, “You’re comfortable. D’you ever plan to relax and enjoy it?” Her childhood chum just laughed and shook her head. “Oh, no. I want ALL the money!”  ALL the money. How many of us would say something different, if we answered truthfully? “Enough” is…

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