The 60-Second Sabbath

happiness

  • Seeing Good

    Today,right now,make the decisionto see the good around you:    beauty,    kindness,    color,    play,    love,    diversity,    possibilities. Observe the goodfor just 15 minutesand you will be    calmer,    more focused,    more creative, … Continue reading

  • Mickey

    Yes, Virginia,there is a Mickey Mouse.As surely as there is purity and open-armed acceptance,    laughter and joy,    innocence and playfulness,there is a laughing, smiling rodentwhose heart is big enoughto embrace all the childlike and trusting souls of the worldwho long to know… Continue reading

  • Through Me

    Life, live through me,    not shame,        for shame drives us        to cut ourselves,    not fear,        for fear drives us        to cut others,    not perfection,        for perfection drives us        to… Continue reading

  • Revolution

    It's time to feel comfortablewith feeling good.     It's okay to feel happy. Enjoying lifewon't undo me.     For some of us    such ideas    are revolutionary, breathtakinglyrevolutionary. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • The Pursuit of Happiness

    Ironically,happiness stands a chancewhen you don't make happiness your goal. Let me say it another way: Happiness is attainableonly when you stop seeking it. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • On Happiness

    I once had  a friendchallenge the notion,that happinessshould be a goal in life.     (This is a friend,    I might point out,    totally mystified by my enthusiasm    for things Disney.) But guess what?Turns out that happy… Continue reading

  • No Entry

    What are our limits?How will we recognize them? The award-winner speaks from the platform:"If you can dream it, you can do it!" But I think of all the dreamers–including women and men I know and love–whose dreams remained unfulfilled. No… Continue reading

  • You Are Here

    Identity is transitory.The labels we useto draw boundariesaround our fragile egos(self-sufficient, faithful, husband, mother,employee, believer, athlete, friend…)can change in an instant.Nothing is fixed; all is in flux. When we wish it to be otherwise–for all to stay the same–we court unhappiness.… Continue reading

  • Advent 4

    Giving voice to Winnie the Pooh,A. A. Milne wrote,“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon." I have the same experience of a Christmas tree. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading