happiness Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

This Is It

I had an epiphany this weekend. I just love me an epiphany, especially when it makes me feel happy and in love with the world again. Not that I had fallen out of love with it. Well, maybe a little. Given a few little ups and downs and my anger at the idiots people who […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Fear inspiration

But I Can’t Be Happy

Does this ever happen to you? Suddenly and wonderfully, for no known reason, you feel a flash of happiness, or a rush of sudden joy. Ah, glory. You stop to revel in it. And then… Up pops that voice. The one that whispers: Yes, but… Yes, but, remember? I can't be happy! Why? I can't […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Guest Post

Guest Post: Erica Nelson and Happiness Quotations

I'm pleased to offer you this guest post from Erica Nelson, author of Happiness Quotations: Gentle Reminders of Your Preciousness. Read about her book and enjoy an excerpted passage below. Be sure to visit Erica's site at www.happinessquotations.com. “Most people pursue pleasure in money, sex and power but are still unfulfilled. Why? Because they are […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Writing

Eudemonia

As in yoo-di-mo-nee-uh. I was ostensibly cleaning up my office just now when I came across my word book, (pictured, left), and decided that pondering words is infinitely more important than a clean office. After all, what is the use of a word book if one isn't constantly leafing through it to see what one […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 16 years ago11/03/2015