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Happynicity
Happynicity
Find your happy
My Wish For The New Year 2024
In this new year, I hope you come to see how utterly amazing you are. That despite the challenges the past year brought, you gritted your...
happynicity
Jan 1, 20241 min read
Bedtime Story
The hour hand on the clock crawls towards twelve. Shadow pools in spaces once occupied by sunlight. A hush descends in the air, the...
happynicity
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Crossings
I got off the bus one stop early a few weeks back, thinking I’d stretch my legs and get some steps in. As I approached a slip road, I...
happynicity
Oct 20, 20231 min read
Viva La Vida
One of the things I enjoy watching is James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke. I love how he invites famous people out for a drive and belt out...
happynicity
Oct 4, 20231 min read
Stay
A while back I wrote a post about grief. It was partly an update on why I had taken a social media hiatus, partly an outlet for me to...
happynicity
Sep 29, 20231 min read
Before I Forget
My dad has dementia. He finds it challenging to perform some spatial functions and complex tasks. Largely, though, it’s him being...
happynicity
Sep 13, 20231 min read
By The River
The other day, I took a leisurely cruise down the river in the evening. As the sun dips low, the city comes alive with a million points...
happynicity
Sep 6, 20231 min read
Of Cats And Paws
One of the things I learnt when I got a cat is the word toe beans. If you don’t know what that is, it’s the soft pads on the underside of...
happynicity
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Waiting For Happy
The day has just started. The world is gilded in gold and looks like an oil painting. The trees are lush, their leaves a dozen shades of...
happynicity
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Falling
The sight of golden showers in bloom is uplifting to behold. On warm afternoons when a breeze comes on and shakes the blossoms off their...
happynicity
Jun 15, 20231 min read
Silver Linings
I had an unexpected passing in my family recently, one that hit me hard, one which I’m still processing. It’s not that I’ve never lost...
happynicity
May 4, 20231 min read
Part 5: Tree Art Bark Edition – Epilogue
My Heart. I had just finished collecting plant samples on the moon of Regal V when I got your message. You were already gone by then but...
happynicity
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Part 4: Tree Art Bark Edition – The Last Goodbye
My love. I hope this finds you. Time is short. I can hear them down the street, ransacking the neighbourhood, looking for me. Remember...
happynicity
Feb 24, 20231 min read
Part 3: Tree Art Bark Edition – Sunshine
I imagine the designer who came up with the idea for this tree dabbed his brush in sunshine and joyfully painted these swatches. On the...
happynicity
Feb 15, 20231 min read
Part 2: Tree Art Bark Edition – I Spy With My Eye Something That Looks Like...
You remember that game we used to play where we look for shapes in the clouds? That’s the first thing that struck me when I saw this...
happynicity
Feb 8, 20231 min read
Part 1: Tree Art Bark Edition – Prologue
I’ve always found tree barks fascinating. The texture, the colours, the knots and grooves and cracks, all come together to make beautiful...
happynicity
Feb 1, 20231 min read
The Resident Child
Once, when I was about nine, it was raining when my aunt and I alighted from the bus. Home was quite a distance away and neither of us...
happynicity
Jan 25, 20231 min read
One Train, Two Train
One morning, I caught myself lifting my gaze to look at the tracks upon hearing the tell-tale rumbling of an oncoming train. I suddenly...
happynicity
Jan 11, 20231 min read
Rainy Mornings
It’s raining outside. I’m curled up on the couch, scrolling through my Instagram feed, taking in positive affirmations to start my day. I...
happynicity
Jan 4, 20231 min read
My Wish For The New Year 2023
As the new year unfolds and unexpected paths open up, may you embrace this strange, new world bravely. If the path is rocky, may there be...
happynicity
Dec 31, 20221 min read
Pouring Happiness
There’s this story leadership keynote speaker Ryan Estis shares in his talks. He was at the airport one Christmas Eve when he decided to...
happynicity
Dec 28, 20221 min read
Perspectives
I took this photograph a while back. It sat languishing in a folder somewhere, along with the thousands of other photographs that I had...
happynicity
Dec 21, 20221 min read
Urban Dawn
As the sky slowly sheds its midnight cloak and slips into a rose‑coloured veil, it is time for you to rouse from your slumber. All...
happynicity
Dec 14, 20221 min read
Work In Progress
This is a shot I have wanted to capture for a while. Or rather it is an approximation of the idea I have in mind. For my ambition is to...
happynicity
Dec 7, 20221 min read
The Gallery In The Sky
Nothing makes me more humbled and awed than looking up at the sky and seeing the art etched across it. The next time you step outside, do...
happynicity
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Shades Of Quiet
There are different kinds of quiet that I relish. There is the still kind of quiet in the deep of the night when your part of the world...
happynicity
Nov 23, 20221 min read
Close Encounters Of The Bird Kind: A Love Story
The other day, I saw two pigeons on top of this fence, each perched a little away from the other. Slowly, one began inching forward to...
happynicity
Nov 16, 20221 min read
The Café At The Crossroads
I love this café. It is strategically situated where two walking paths meet. On rainy mornings when the sky is tempestuous, it stands...
happynicity
Nov 9, 20221 min read
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
Walks are a gift I give to myself. On a physical level, I like the feel of my muscles stirring and stretching, like the way my weight...
happynicity
Nov 1, 20221 min read
World Mental Health Month Part 3: Self Care – Curating Joy
There’s a folder on my laptop marked “Happy”. It is a digital scrapbook that I keep filled with things that bring me joy. In it are...
happynicity
Oct 19, 20221 min read
World Mental Health Month Part 2: Self Care - Play It Again
I’m a time traveler. I can go back to the November of my seventeenth year, to the afternoon when my best friend and I made our way round...
happynicity
Oct 12, 20221 min read
World Mental Health Month Part 1: Self-Care – Things I Do To Be Good To Myself
I go skywatching; sunrise, sunset, night sky. I unplug from the internet for half the morning. I immerse myself in music, audiobooks and...
happynicity
Oct 5, 20221 min read
The Unflappable Joy Of The Wild
I saw this magnificent bird yesterday. To be fair, I have seen grey herons before but have never been within six feet of one. We stared...
happynicity
Sep 21, 20221 min read
Part 2: A Purr-fect Kind of Love - Home Finally
This is Matilda. A year ago she was sleeping rough on the streets. There was a feeder in her location but tomcats prowled the vicinity so...
happynicity
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Part 1: A Purr-fect Kind Of Love - Everybody's Cat
One of the beautiful things in my corner of the world is the concept of community cats. They are free roaming cats in the neighbourhood...
happynicity
Sep 7, 20221 min read
Part 2: Tales From The Bridge - The Sunrise Club
I was on an overhead bridge taking this picture when a man walked past. He turned to see what I was looking at and when he saw the...
happynicity
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Part 1: Tales From The Bridge - Bridging The Gap
I don’t know when my love affair with overhead bridges began. There’s just something about having a good vantage point that makes my...
happynicity
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Nothing Really Matters
It was a friend who first clued me in on the importance of doing nothing. I was telling her how guilty I felt for not accomplishing...
happynicity
Aug 21, 20221 min read
Something To Talk About
Great conversations are like food for the soul. It nourishes and energises you and prompts you to grow. The best conversations I have are...
happynicity
Aug 20, 20221 min read
These Shoes Are Made For Walking
Sneakers are my favourite footwear. They are classic and versatile and fun. They’ve walked hundreds of miles with me, endured uneven...
happynicity
Aug 19, 20221 min read
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. When you peek over the horizon to welcome the new day and again to bid it goodnight. When you...
happynicity
Aug 18, 20221 min read
In The Beginning
Beginnings evoke mixed feelings in me. On the one hand, it is always scary to step off the well-trodden path and into the unknown. On the...
happynicity
Aug 17, 20221 min read
Hello, put up your feet. Stay awhile.
This photo journal was inspired by a chat I had that made me realise not everyone knows what happiness looks like. So, on Wednesdays, I will be sharing glimpses of what happiness means to me with the aim that you may recognise the shape it takes. It is my hope that my curation will resonate with you so that when you leave here, you will be a little changed and your world a little brighter.
Tell me something happy
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