Ray’s Daily
May 26, 2020
Happiness wishes everybody happy.
Victor Hugo
The holiday weekend is over for us in my country. In the past it always included something special. If it was not the Indianapolis 300 race, it was a cookout or at least time with our family.
These past few days were different staying in our apartment we had each other and shared memories of days gone by. We did talk to our kids. And you know what, is was enough. With all those who are suffering with the virus we are grateful for retaining our health. I am glad that we have made the choice to be happy instead of agonizing over what we can’t do.
I hope what ever your up to your as happy as we are. Here is a story that makes a lot of sense to me.
Dance Like No One’s Watching
by Crystal Boyd
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we’re frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that, we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We’ll certainly be happy when they’re out of that stage.
We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.
The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?
Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.
One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D. Souza. He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with…and remember that time waits for no one.
So, stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you’re off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you’ve had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you die, until you’re born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
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Be happy — if you’re not even happy, what’s so good about surviving?
Tom Stoppard
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A blonde, not my friend Mo, is on board a small two-seater plane when suddenly the pilot dies.
Not knowing how to fly a plane she grabs the radio. “Mayday, Mayday! My pilot just died!” she screams.
Ground control receives her call for help and answers back: “Don’t worry, Madam. I’ll talk you down; just do as I say. First I need you to give me your height and position.”
“I’m 5″2′ and sitting in the front.”
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“Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.”
Evan Davis
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Now that they are retired, my mother and father are discussing all aspects of their future. “What will you do if I die before you do?” Dad asked Mom.
After some thought, she said that she’d probably look for a house sharing situation with three other single or widowed women who might be a little younger than herself, since she is so active for her age.
Then Mom asked Dad, “What will you do if I die first?”
He replied, “Probably the same thing.”
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“When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, ‘Did you sleep good?’
I said ‘No, I made a few mistakes.'”
Steven Wright
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George had been a compulsive worrier for years until he found a way to overcome this problem. His friends noticed the dramatic change.
“You don’t seem to be worried about anything anymore.”
“I hired a professional worrier for $1000.00 a week,” George replied.
“I haven’t had a single problem since.”
“A thousand a week?” said his friend. “How the hell are you going to pay him?”
“That’s his problem.”
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Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.
Dinah Shore
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The young man told his father, “I want to marry a good woman, a smart woman, one who’ll be a good mother to our kids, a woman who will make me happy.”
His father told him he’d better make up his mind.
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Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy.
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Nadine: There are two men sitting alone at the bar over there.
Jill: So?
Nadine: Well, we’re two women alone sitting over here at a table. What do you think that adds up to?
Jill: Four losers?
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A hug is a great gift, one size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it’s easy to exchange.
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He said: When I was a newly commissioned Lieutenant in the Army, I was assigned as a temporary assistant in an administrative office in a Military Intelligence unit.
One day a long memo came around with a cover sheet instructing all assigned officers to read it and initial it as indication of their compliance. I figured it meant me too, so I read and initialed it.
BUT a few days later, it came back addressed specifically to me. An attached note read: “You are not permanently assigned to this unit and are thus not an authorized signee. Please erase your initials and initial your erasure.”
I did.
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I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy.
Richard Bach
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Ray Mitchell
Indianapolis, Indiana
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