Category Archives: Joy & Happiness

Shadows and Singing Hearts

Posted on October 13, 2013 by russtowne

“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) “Our greatest purpose in life is just to align with what makes our heart sing.” –St. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authentic Living, Cheerfulness, Joy & Happiness, Quotes I Love, Talent, Wisdom | Tagged heart, Ralph Waldo Emerson, shadow, sing, smile | 13 Comments

Choosing Which Ones to Surf

Posted on October 8, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Surf: Forever Awezome Life: GoPetFriendly.com’s photo With Love, Russ

Posted in Beauty, Choices, Joy & Happiness, Life, LIfe Lessons, Nature, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Quotos, Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, choices, emotions, Life, nature, surfing | 7 Comments

Running with Both Legs

Posted on October 7, 2013 by russtowne

I have a lot of respect for the wisdom that Rumi has shared with the world, but believe he is only about half-right on his piece “The Real Work” included in this post. Focusing on the “one thing you must … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Authentic Living, Believe, Choices, Family, Friendship, Joy & Happiness, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, Observations, Success, Talent, Wisdom | Tagged balance, Life, Love, passion, Relationships, Rumi, wisdom | 8 Comments

Show Gratitude and Experience Happiness

Posted on September 26, 2013 by russtowne

Now it’s scientifically proven! ;-D! Thank you all for reading this. I’m grateful (and now happier too!) With Love, Russ

Posted in Gratitude, Joy & Happiness | Tagged gratitude, Happiness, joy | 23 Comments

Collateral Compassion and Kindness

Posted on August 27, 2013 by russtowne

(A re-post for newer readers of this blog.) When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, “Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison.” And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, “Mayhap … Continue reading →

Posted in Compassion, Joy & Happiness, Kindness, My Beliefs | Tagged compassion, Kahlil Gibran, kindness, Love, my beliefs, quote, understanding, wordsmith.org | 4 Comments

Something I Learned About Myself

Posted on August 24, 2013 by russtowne

When the packages containing the physical proofs of my first two books arrived, I was quite surprised that rather than being excited and anxious to open them–like a young child at Christmas–I was reluctant to do so. I put the … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Creativity, Fun, Growth/Learning, Joy & Happiness, Writing | Tagged "Clyde and I", author, children, children's books, children's stories, Cyde and I Help a Hippo to Fly", Grandchildren, growth, Grumbly Grumpadinkle, kindness named Love, learning, pet kindness named Love, printing, publishing, Rusty Bear, Rusty Bear and Thomas, self-publishing, Too, Wendly Goodlight, writing | 10 Comments

A Great Birthday Surprise Gift (Actually, Two!)

Posted on August 21, 2013 by russtowne

I just got a great surprise birthday gift: My first two children’s books, “Clyde and I” and “Clyde and I Help a Hippo to Fly” have already been listed for sale on Amazon.com, a week ahead of schedule. My third … Continue reading →

Posted in Following Your Passion, Gifts, Joy & Happiness, Project Updates for Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote | Tagged "Clyde and I", Amazon.com, author, children's books, children's stories, Clyde, Clyde and I Help a Hippo to Fly, Clyde giraffe, Hippita Hippo, Marty McDinkle, writer | 23 Comments

Success, Beauty, & and Learning Experiences

Posted on July 16, 2013 by russtowne

“Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow.” –James Michener (Source: tinybuddha) Quotos Sources: Success: I Stop for suffering shared Get Happy Zone’s photo Beautiful: Home … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Heart, Joy & Happiness, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Success | Tagged beautiful, beauty, heart, home, I Stop For Suffering, James Michener, smile, tears, tinybuddha | 7 Comments

Some Quotes I Love

Posted on June 20, 2013 by russtowne

“Comparison is the thief of joy.” –Theodore Roosevelt (Source: Online Wellness Network) “strength does not come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you thought you once thought you couldn’t.” –Rikki Rogers (Source Online Wellness Network) … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, Joy & Happiness, LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love, Strength | Tagged Aldous Huxley, compariso, face, home, joy, Let's Be Positive Tofether, light, Online Wellness Network, people, positive, Rikki Rogers, smile, strength, Theodore Roosevelt, thief, together | 10 Comments

Greatness In Small Things

Posted on June 3, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: Karen Robiscoe-Fan Page shared Hippie Peace Freak’s photo.) When one realizes that the small things in life ARE great they realize they’ve had great things in their life the whole time. And who wouldn’t be grateful about that? –Russ … Continue reading →