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lil  ·  3516 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you define happiness?

My daughter just phoned me.

She's solving problems and living her life. Knowing that and having a connection with her make happiness easier.

I'm tempted to delete this, but I'll throw it out there into the mix because when you are connected to people, their happiness is connected to your happiness.

(As for the rest of you, if you're not living at home, call your mom.)





user-inactivated  ·  3515 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh please don't delete this.

Happiness can be found in insulation rather than isolation.

lil  ·  3514 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for responding. I often start a post and then on 2nd thought, erase it. I'm glad I didn't erase that one.

What do you mean by insulation? I see it as meaning blocking out others - being narrow, unwilling to meet others. Did you mean being protected by others, holding them close?

mk  ·  3503 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It made me happy to read this.

    (As for the rest of you, if you're not living at home, call your mom.)

I'll do that today. I can be bad about it. I can see that one day I will be on the other end of the phone, and teaching by example is probably reason enough.