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delighting in the Sabbath

delighting in the Sabbath

“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath      and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight      and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way      and not doing as you please…

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By Happy, July 25, 2013
core

core

There’s an exercise I’ve been doing off and on over the pass few weeks as part of my physical therapy.  I’m sure it has some sort of technical name, but let’s just call it the yoga ball pass.  You lay flat on the ground with a giant yoga ball between your feet, lift your legs…

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By Happy, July 24, 2013
paper cranes

paper cranes

I learned how to make paper cranes today. My grandfather used to make them all the time.  Oh, how he loved them! And I’m not sure why.  Maybe making them just gave him something to do, or was a creative outlet of some sort.  There is something rather mesmerizing about the process – all those…

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By Happy, July 23, 2013
this deep but dazzling darkness

this deep but dazzling darkness

         There is in God, some say, A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here Say it is late and dusky, because they               See not all clear.       O for that night!  When I in Him       Might live invisible and…

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By Happy, July 22, 2013
compassion: checking in

compassion: checking in

At the beginning of January, I joined the OneWord365 Community and chose “compassion” as my one word for the year. I knew it was going to cost me something. What I didn’t really register is that one of the things it will cost is my pride. The first thing I’ve learned about compassion is how…

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By Happy, February 4, 2013
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Meet Happy
Simple Felicity is, at its heart, a blog based on the unshakeable belief that happiness really isn't all that complicated. It's often found in the simplest of things: good food, good books, and good company. So those are the things I write about, along with a few other things that really matter to me, including faith and feminism. A bit about me: My name is Happy. I have an amazing talent for misplacing my keys, a deep appreciation for whomever looked at the coffee bean and thought, "Hey, I wonder what would happen if I roasted this?", and road trips to Michigan are pretty much my favorite.
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