Tea is one of my gates to happiness. Yesterday’s teabag told me the gate to happiness is …
… self-compassion.
My gates to happiness also include:
- significant relationships,
- therapy groups, and
- observing what’s around me.
A gate to happiness for me and Oscar would be a child-proof gate for those deck stairs going down to the street.
What are your gates to happiness?
Another gate to happiness, for me, is singing songs I love. I plan to sing along to Pat Metheny playing “A Lot of Livin’ To Do” tomorrow night at an Open Mic.
I’ll let you know on Saturday whether I made it out of the starting gate.
Happy thanks to all who helped me create this Gate-to-Happiness post and to you — of course! — for entering this blogging gate today.
Break a leg.
Thank you!
Who tied that blue ribbon round Oscar’s leg? 🙂
Oscar deserves a blue ribbon and so do you.
🙂
Oh golly gosh Ann, gate to happiness, you’ve got me thinking……… hmmm……. The happiest thing for me would be to travel to America and Canada, I’ve dear cousins on dads side of the family in Philadelphia, and especially one dearest niece “Kerri”. And then in Canada, I’ve three gorgeous cousins to visit, from my mothers side, two in Vancouver and then especially “Maureen” in Alberta…… Oh now I’ve tears in my eyes….. my dream shall come true…… xx
It makes me happy to read about your gates to happiness.
I’m glad
Your blog is a clear gate to happiness for me since it opens up to such a wide and interesting world. Good luck on Saturday.
Your comments are always clear gates to happiness, Chris.
It makes me happy to see the froggy orchestra with their exuberant conductor!
Me too, Sunny!
Love your home Ann! ♡
Diana xo
Love you, Diana! <3 xxoo
Tea wisdom is good wisdom. The tag on the teabag currently in my cup says “I am beautiful. I am bountiful. I am blissful.”
Thank you , Tanya, for the wisdom of this beautiful, bountiful, blissful comment.
The gate to singing is a portal to pure happiness! Good luck Ann! Sing Out Loud!
We shall both sing out loud, Louise! <3
A cat-proof gate would be even better, Ann, so Oscar could go outside, get in more livin’ and stop singing the blues.
Your visits through my blogging gate banish the blues, Mark.
Sometimes it’s hard to hold the gate to happiness open. But I try my damnedest. I’m sure you’ll have no problem keeping the gate on your voice open Saturday night. Good luck!
The Open Mic is tonight and I woke up today with a sore throat, so the gate to singing might be closed. I will try my damnedest. Thanks for the luck!
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Love this Ann! There are many gates for us. Sing your heart out! Get that cat gate! 💕
Love your comments and you, Val.
One of the gates to happiness is seeing your photos and tea bag wisdom each day Ann!
My gates to happiness include your comments and your blog, Lisa!
So lovely. One of my gates to happiness is my door into home.
Me, too. Thanks for the happiness of this lovely comment, Colleen.
I have a petty iron gate that I open to drive into my driveway. When I pull up and come into my backyard I shake the world off for a while…so I think perhaps that really is my gate to happiness! 🙂 Very cool song for open mic night. Have fun!
Your comments are always gates to happiness for me, Debra. <3