HAPPINESS in HANDFULLS

Published: Sep 16, 2015 “Be who you are, and be THAT well,” expresses the lecturer as my eyes go from glazed over to focused. She explains, “Students don’t n...

Published: Sep 2, 2015 Pain. Ouch. Ugh. It always seems impossible. No, it always seems impossible until it's done. The Wall. Push through it, climb over it,...

Published: Aug 24, 2015 It is summer, we have either been to the beach, seen people at the beach, or just imagined it. There is always something about summer...

Published: Jul 13, 2015 There is something interesting about taking time off, leading your eyes to new sights, and casting away from the shore, watching the w...

Published: May 14, 2015 Part of me is filled with overflowing words and part of me is embarrassingly shy. I long for solitude but I also crave people. I want...

May 5, 2014 I have learned that one of the most important qualities of life is life. Adding to it, multiplying by it and why not, let's make it pronounced. L...

Published: Apr 27, 2015 There are things that are fun and there are things that are not. There are things that make you cry, maybe even on the spot. It may c...

Published" April 8, 2015 Stress consumes us. We must be here, we must be there. Remember to respond to this by tomorrow, and whoops, your bill was due yester...

Published: Apr 1, 2015 For years, I have known this girl who always took a special interest in trees. Whether it was just sitting in the car watching them go...

Published: May 16, 2015 Life can be described by a BOX of crayons. Most people would classify themselves as the 8-color box, assuming that they encompass the...

Published: May 5, 2015 Walt Disney, the man responsible for Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy sits watching as he was not only the innovator in modern ani...

Published: Feb 18, 2015 Two years ago, I tried something. This was a very common something which the majority of people do every day. I tried it, because, we...

Published: Feb 11, 2015 Thermodynamics (I hear groaning!) has haunted me from the day I started to study it. I know, gross, but I promise, just keep reading....

Published: Feb 4, 2015 "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor”, I read the quote over and over again, each time picturing a nice peaceful beach with waves...

Published: Jan 28, 2015 “She must see that imperfection is perfection to a beautiful perspective.” - Time, Happiness in Handfulls (Oct 1st) That "she" was me...

Published: Jan 21, 2015 You are on a roller coaster, anticipating as you climb the hill with horrid fears, slowly panicking. What if I fall out? What if the ...

Published: Jan 14, 2015 She stands there, ‘there’ being a line. A line between giving up and seeing how much more she can take. She stands, feeling alone, ap...

Published: 2015 Brrr. The air hurts my face. The cold hurts my lungs. The lack of heat hurts my skin. From inside, with a warm fire, my hot tea, and a heartf...