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On Community: The Positive From 2020

  I wrote last year about community; community and togetherness. I wrote of a community experience I had and then related it to how community is one of the five keys to happiness, according to the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen and his The Little Book of Lykke. The other four keys …

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On Adversity: Why I Do The Things I Do

“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” – Albert Einstein As I was leaving the house, in swimming trunks and flip-flops and with towel in hand, my daughter asked me, “Why?” “Why do you keep swimming in ice cold water if it is uncomfortable?” I replied, “Sometimes you gotta do things that aren’t comfortable.” And with …

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