Category Archives: Blissability

Blissability: Play, Children! Play! (Episode 20)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Dodi

“The cure for boredom is curiosity.  There is no cure for curiosity.”  – Dorothy Parker Thank goodness!  I don’t want to be cured of curiosity.  It helps us know what to do.  What to do when you don’t know where … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Competition, Winning, and the Ego (Episode 19)

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Dodi

“It’s never just a game when you’re winning.”  – George Carlin Intense? Feeling driven? Doing something with success is way cool. What about when you start to put others down because of it? Where is the line between enjoying something … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Honor Your True Self, Even if it’s Uncomfortable (Episode 18)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Dodi

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi Oh yes.  Now this is wisdom.  Wish I could do it. How often do we think one thing and do another?  … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Deal with the Bad, Talk About the Good (Episode 17)

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dodi

“To remember what you once thought life could hold, after telling over with muddied and calculating fingers what it has offered.”  – Mary Stewart When you tell your story to yourself or others, are you the victim or the hero?  … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Blaze Your Trail, A Trail of You (Episode 16)

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Dodi

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference.”    – Robert Frost There is nothing that can take the place of walking in a place where few … Continue reading →

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Blissability: I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again (Episode 15)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dodi

Gentleman Jim Corbett, the boxer, when asked how he won every single fight: “Easy.  Just get up one more time.” Bleh! I failed. I failed miserably today in my efforts to be real and sincere.  I wasn’t loving.  I wasn’t sincerely … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Sincerely, You. (Episode 14)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Dodi

“The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh. This episode is dedicated to Jordan and Beth, whom I love. The Christmas tree in Charlie Brown had nothing going for it except one … Continue reading →

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Blissability: The Gentle Bliss that Follows (Episode 13)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Dodi

“We are what we see in others.” I had an interesting experience when I was in full work mode.  Power suit (and I mean POWER suit) Mercedes convertible, the very best brief case, state of the art everything and several … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Preserve Bliss…Keep the Energy, Lose the Bitch (Episode 12)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Dodi

Let’s keep talking about dignity. So, we’ve looked around at how we give ourselves away and how we let people take our energy. Now, how do we keep that from happening without being bitchy about it? How do we keep … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Emotional Exercises (Episode 11)

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dodi

“How would I feel about this, if I could choose any way to feel?” Guess what?  You can!  What a concept.  I’ve often forgotten about this little exercise,  but every time I remember it, I feel relieved.  That was in … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Accepting the Natural Flow, or, Life Is What It Is (Episode 10)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Dodi

“Happiness grows in direct proportion to your acceptance and in direct inverse to your expectations.”  -Michael J Fox Are you one of those people who think that if a given event isn’t perfect, it wasn’t good?  If a play had … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Being Happy When Happy Isn’t Happening (Episode 9)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dodi

“When nothing is certain, everything is possible.” – Confucius There’s always the question of how to be happy in times of uncertainty.  If you can be bliss full only when things are good, you’re going to lose out on a … Continue reading →

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Blissability: The Restrictions of Perfection (Episode 8)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Dodi

“Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no bird sang except those that sang best.” – Henry Van Dyke I sing in a choral group.  It’s fun.  It’s damn blissful sometimes.  Some of us are … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Owning Your Dignity, Owning Your Self (Episode 7)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Dodi

“One’s dignity can be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.” – Michael J. Fox   To own one’s dignity is to own one’s own being.  .  .  To own myself.  To belong to me.  Even saying … Continue reading →

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Blissability: The Fuck-Up Fairy and Forgiveness (Episode 6)

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Dodi

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes   I love this quote. I used to use this as my call to action and strength, but now this feels differently … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Be Here Now (Episode 5)

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Dodi

“We are here and it is now.” -H.L. Mencken Be here now.  I hear that or something akin to it so often—yoga class, visualization DVDs, friends.  The idea is everywhere, but I don’t often “be here now”.  I’m constantly thinking … Continue reading →

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Blissability: The Illusion of Safety (Episode 4)

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Dodi

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships were made for.” Is safety happiness?  Or is it cowardice?  Is trying everything in the world happiness?  Or is it distraction? Where is the line between reckless and restrained?   … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Wanting What You’ve Got (Episode 3)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Dodi

“The trick to being happy is to want what you’ve got.” – (don’t know who said this, but it’s goooood) Now, THAT is hard.  Easy in theory, difficult in practice.  I seem to always be thinking of something I want … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Who Am I? (Episode 2)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Dodi

So, did you do the “30 answer” exercise from the first Blissability article?  Learn anything?  It’s harder to come up with 30 answers than many of you thought, huh? “To be, rather than to seem.”  – Lao Tsu Blissability Part … Continue reading →

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Blissability: A Series Introduction (and Homework) (Episode 1)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Dodi

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.” – Joseph Campbell I wonder about that?  Following your bliss?  I’ve been on a 53 year journey and sometimes I think following my bliss … Continue reading →

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