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<\/p>\nHappy Sunday, Journeyer!!<\/p>\n
There are three times in the last seven years that I have missed a Happy Happens column. Seven years, Journeyer!<\/p>\n
The motto has always been “Just like the proverbial shit happens, happy happens.\u2122”<\/p>\n
This column has been an exercise in making me notice, appreciate, and honor those fleeting moments that collectively are my happiness, even in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n
One of the most important things I’ve learned over these past seven years is this:<\/p>\n
[Tweet theme=”basic-white”]The most powerful and lasting joy comes from Homemade Happiness, a happy that you create within the home of your heart.[\/Tweet]<\/p>\n
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I didn’t write last week but that doesn’t mean my happy didn’t exist.<\/p>\n
Last Sunday I was “recovering” from a surprise retirement party that I organized for my father. It’s his third retirement and I felt it called for bringing people together to honor this man and his long, beautiful career of contributing to the business world.<\/p>\n
Last Sunday morning fourteen family members gathered at my sister’s house for and Easter breakfast, before all of the out-of-towners made their long treks home.<\/p>\n
Beauty and her beau headed out on their own, while Warren, Big Guy, Fave and I started out in a three-car convoy.<\/p>\n
Not even ten miles into the drive, one of the vehicles (my boy’s monster truck…no lie) began having shifting troubles and we had to turn back.<\/p>\n
In the end, Big Guy and I made our solo trip back north, while Warren and Fave came the next day after getting the truck fixed.<\/p>\n
Today I am writing to you from a hotel room in Kingston, NY, and am filled to overflowing by the positive energetic energy flow.<\/p>\n
Today I finished Day 2 of the Master Instructor Integrated Energy Therapy\u00ae class with the one and only, Stevan Thayer, the man who channeled IET\u00ae from Angel Ariel and the creator of the Center of Being.<\/p>\n
I learned an amazing amount of knowledge from my first MI instructor, but as a reviewer of the course, I am gaining even more from this healing modality…and from this work’s creator, himself, one of the most humble people I’ve met.<\/p>\n
Something I wrote earlier about my son’s car having shifting troubles and us having to turn back reminds me of Life, Journeyer.<\/p>\n
Loss events cause turmoil in our days and nights, causing us to shift and re-shift directions. Sometimes we feel like we are stuck in low gear and sometimes we feel like our world is spinning out of control in high gear.<\/p>\n
Integrated Energy Therapy\u00ae is like the mechanic who tuned my son’s engine, a means of getting us back on our paths with a little more ease, grace, and peace.<\/p>\n
Choosing healing and joy is how we make our own homemade happiness, Journeyer.<\/p>\n
One of the other things that makes me happy is sharing the gifts I receive, so in honor of the privilege I had of training with the man who created IET\u00ae, I am offering a giveaway for one free 30-minute IET session! All you have to do is leave a comment letting me know why this session would help you!<\/p>\n
Be sure to comment today because the drawing is tonight, April 24!<\/p>\n
I can’t wait to hear from you!<\/p>\n
Until next time, yours in hope, healing, and happiness,<\/p>\n
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