Explore #47 on Tuesday March 31 2009.

LOTS OF HAPPINESS

So, Kane, Matt and I went on a big road trip a week ago, including a kite day at Brunswick Heads, a quick visit to Byron Bay, and this little spot at Burleigh Heads on the way home back to Brissy. I particularly like the water flow in the foreground over the rocks on this one :>

I love South East Qld & Northern NSW!!

...Happiness in Wisdom...

Happiness can come in so unexpected ways.

I hope you all find yours, no matter how tiny it presents itself, the important is how big it feels inside.

See you in 2012. Italy here I come.

Thank you all for you kind comments. I wish you a Happy Holidays.

The greatest happiness you can have is

knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

- William Saroyan

Happiness is like a perfume, you cannot pour it all on others without allowing a few drops to fall on yourself.

Have a happy week friends and thank-you for the visit ..

almost done with my ZEN photos...thanks for enjoying then...hugs just a couple more lol lol--Happy Monday

Le bonheur s'en vient...

ヘメロカリス ‘ハピネス・スパイダー’

Hemerocallis ‘Happiness Spider’

(My Seedling & Selection)

TOYO-VIEW 45G

Tilt-Shift Photography

Nikon D800E

TOYO-VIEW Bellows Food

Carl Zeiss Jena Apo-Tessar T 240mm F9

(for Large Format Process Lens.)

M53/P0.75 Screw Mount.

The magnification of design criteria is Macro Lens of 1:1.

TOYO-VIEW Long Rail : 60cm

TOYO-VIEW Standerd Bellows

TOYO-VIEW - Nikon F Mount Change Adaptor

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Dalai Lama

Today, a happy day, END !!!! examination session

I passed all the exams

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Poetography - Week 59 - Happiness

www.flickr.com/groups/poet_ography/discuss/72157641446833...

Not sure why I chose this little bird - but I have been putting together a magazine for longer than I like to say and have just finished PDF'ing it so will be printed tomorrow - yippee ;-))

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THANK YOU folks for stopping by and

all your faves, invites and comments,

much appreciated ;-))

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Love what makes you happy, but not love your happiness.

- - - - - Gustave Thibon - - - - -

Ama ciò che ti rende felice, ma non amare la tua felicità.

For Window Wednesdays (www.flickr.com/groups/2661305@N21)

Sitting in my trailer with my puppy dog - looking out at the peaceful surroundings and watching my hubby fishing out of his canoe. That's happiness! :)

Happiness is a dog with a "Heart Shaped " tongue, as Atka is shown here with his. I found this to be quite unique and have never seen this before on any dog I've ever photographed.He is truly one of a kind !!

"Success is getting what you want.

Happiness is liking what you get."

~H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American author

"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."

Eleanor Roosevelt

"You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness." Anonymous

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Dalai Lama

Have a great Thursday everyone.

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Merry Christmas to all my Flickr friends!

"Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels." ~Bertolt Brecht ~

...Don't let your happiness fade away...

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“I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things...

I play with leaves

I skip down the street

and run against the wind.”

~Leo F. Buscaglia

The weekend's almost here - yippeeee!! HFF :-)

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Happiness is like a butterfly.

The more you chase it, the more it eludes you.

But if you turn your attention to other things,

It comes and sits softly on your shoulder.

Happiness is something that comes into our lives

through doors we don't even remember leaving open.

- Rose Lane

… a golden reflection.

For Our Daily Challenge: “Happiness Is…” and for Sliders Sunday

HSS, everyone!

Childhood is a time of legendary status…. Childhood is a time full of life…In childhood heavens appeared in earth…after a long time I saw some happiness traveling a far away from here…..which remind my childhood also….at the same time I felt sorry for those kids of Dhaka city….who are locked up in their own home…….

Captured from somewhere around Boidder bazaar, Narayanganj , Dhaka

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Todos los derechos reservados - All rights reserved - copyright :copyright: Pilar Azaña Talán

♫♥★★♥♫

Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu: Que la paz, el bienestar, unidad, tranquilidad, felicidad y prosperidad sean alcanzados por todos.

Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu: That the peace, well-being, unit, tranquility, happiness and prosperity are reached by all.

A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, overflows, and bubbles all around.

[Edit: Oops, sorry I forgot to identify this happy little guy. I think it is Homer, Patty's baby boy. ]

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Sorry for not uploading in a while, I've been meaning to and then I'd get distracted or something would get in the way! I'll try and upload more often over the next month. (:

So I hope you're all having a great Easter (: & I'll catch up on your streams asap (:

C.

"The road to happiness has never been a straight one, and yet, it is the only road worth traveling, no matter how curvy or rocky it is!" ~Mehmet Murat Ildan

Smile On Saturday: Happy Words

Thank you all for your views, faves and/or comments! It’s greatly appreciated! Happy SoS!

~“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.” - Denis Waitley

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Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye. - A. O'Malley

Happiness is a butterfly... -N. Hawthorne

Happiness is a direction... -S. J. Harris

Happiness is like a cloud... -S. McLachlan

What is happiness for you? Have a nice saturday, thank you : )

“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Thank you Ellenvd for the use of your textures no's 5 and 51 :)

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

Felicità è quando quello che pensi, quello che dici, e quello che fai sono in armonia.

Mahatma Gandhi

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dpwtus69U8

.....to see joy in his eyes !

Thank you so much for your visit and fave !

Active Assignment for the week of June 4 - 11, 2006

Subject: Face It!

Happiness Measure Gauge: Full Throttle!

Last week, I listened to a great documentary... all about the question of happiness. Various experts (scientists, psychologists, neurologists, etc.) had their say, and they all agreed on a few basic points.

First off, we are hard wired to seek certain types of happiness. Pleasures, essentially. Sex, food, physical comfort... things needed for survival of the species.

Yeah yeah. Common sense evolutionary stuff.

But the second point was fascinating.

It was this:

Happiness is, by its nature, not designed to last.

Again, it makes sense through the lens of evolution. Take food, for example. You eat it, you enjoy it, you're satisfied, and all is well. But only for a little while. Within a few hours, you're back on the prowl... back on the trail of that so-elusive happiness.

You can extend that same line of thinking to pretty much anything that gives us pleasure/happiness. We're driven to pursue it, we get it (if we're lucky), we're pleased with that... but only for a time.

Survival-wise, it's good. Because... if we were much more easily satisfied; if happiness, once found, stayed intact forever... we'd stop wanting; stop seeking; stop even trying. And what would be the point of even getting out of bed?

I see so many ways that this applies in our society. For example, people with addictions are ensnared in an obvious cycle of pursuing/finding/losing that temporary satisfaction. Overeaters, too. There's something in their brains that can't stand the fact that the pleasure/satisfaction/happiness of tasting/chewing/digesting is oh-so-fleeting. They want to extend it, keep it going, so they keep on putting more food in their mouths.

So... yeah. Happiness is sort of like a carrot. Life uses it to keep us motivated... keep us reaching, wanting, yearning... and, every now and then, we get a little nibble. No point feeding us the whole damned carrot. That would be the end of "progress."

Depending on your point of view, this line of reasoning could be depressing. I find it encouraging. It helps to explain why we get such enormous pleasure from anticipation (and why, sometimes, the actual realization of something pales in comparison).

I think this has a lot to do with another feature of evolution - our amazing capacity for adaptation. We're designed to be alert for new things - dangers, pleasures, things unknown. And... since we can only be alert for so many stimuli at any given time... our brains have to sort of set aside their responses to those things familiar and comfortable.

Again, this explains all sorts of behaviour. Infidelity. Consumerism. Fashion. Hell... even science itself; its advances are driven by the same unquenchable human desire... in this case, for knowledge (and possibly fame, fortune, etc).

We were not designed to stay still, to be satisfied. Life drives us endlessly to seek more... experience more... experience more diversity... all in our inherent desire for happiness.

So... ironically... it seems like the best way to find satisfaction/peace/comfort/whatever is to simply accept the fact that it can never last... and to (pardon the cliche) focus less on the destination and more on the journey. Because what really seems to make us happy is the pursuit of happiness, the promise of it... the uneaten chocolate... the fresh-poured drink... the glimpse of thigh... the pending weekend... the planned vacation...

The horizon, basically. The future. That's where it's at in terms of happpiness. And never mind the fact that when we get there... it's gone, because it is, by definition, always just beyond our reach.

happiness is only a matter of ... BEING! Be friend, be true, be honest..be happy! Without expecting anything in return :)

♬♪ Soha - Mil Pasos ♪♬

“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.”

― Victor Hugo

♥ For you Kanichat/Je suis Charlie ♥

Happiness Is Not Having the Best Of Everything, Its Making The Best Of Everything :)

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"Happiness is a warm puppy." - Charles M. Schulz

"Felicidade é um cãozinho carinhoso." - Charles M. Schulz

©2013 Adriano Aquino - All rights reserved.

“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. - Margaret Thatcher”

Macro Monday project – 11/25/13

“In My Bag”

Mutual love - only such love - is happiness.

Instagram : @kbdxmi

Check out blog entry about the setup.

Bokeh Machines

FL-50R on Orange gel fired from left at 1/16th of power and SB-28 on Blue gel fired from right at 1/16 - 0.3EV.

View On Black

is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne :blue_heart::green_heart::purple_heart:

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

Poetography - Week 59 - Happiness

www.flickr.com/groups/poet_ography/discuss/72157641446833...

Thank you Elne (Neighya) for texture

www.flickr.com/photos/neighya/10288722053/in/set-72157624...

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THANK YOU folks for stopping by and

all your faves, invites and comments,

much appreciated ;-))

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Friday Finds ... at kimklassen.com

with kk-gentle

Found some buttercups and this quote ...

happiness is a moment with you.

Tried out Kim's preset 'gentle'

it turned out ... WOW, love it !