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The Bluebird Of Happiness Dropped Something On Me

by Ruth Ann Harnisch on 02/22/10 at 10:19 pm

Day 53

The Daily Beast ran a piece today on women and happiness, a conversation with the author of  Bluebird:Women and the New Psychology of Happiness. 

This led to a conversation with my friend Marielen, the person who has taught me a great deal about the art of personal happiness . 

I was holding forth on the importance of deciding to be happy, of making a conscious effort to focus on what makes us happy.  “It’s not as if these things are just going to descend upon us from the heavens,” I said.

Marielen replied, “Everything is descending upon us from the heavens. It is depending upon what we want to catch.”

Obviously, being around this friend makes me happy, because she’s so wise.

Now, what  do I want to catch?