Doing Nothing

In Creating Happiness, Recent Posts by Barbara Jacoby

When I was growing up, I was taught that Sunday was a day of rest.  That makes sense to me after working 5 days a week at an outside job and spending Saturdays getting all of the things done around the house and running errands and handling all of the personal things that need to be done.  However, somewhere along …

Ah, Summertime – After Breast Cancer

In Creating Happiness, Recent Posts by Barbara Jacoby

Although summer does not officially arrive for another couple of weeks and the temperatures here in southern CA are below average and the May gray and June gloom are hanging around way late into the day, I am still excited for summer.  I think that I need summer more this year than ever before.  It seems that day after day …

I Can’t Imagine – A Memorial Day Tribute

In Creating Happiness, Recent Posts by Barbara Jacoby

I love my country and everything for which it stands.  I am so very grateful to have been born here into the greatest democracy in the world.  I appreciate the freedoms that I have that allow me to be who and what I am and to believe whatever I choose.  But, I also know that in order to have such …

Happy Birthday New Year

In Creating Happiness, Recent Posts by Barbara Jacoby

I could never quite wrap my head around New Year’s Day as the day for making resolutions regarding any type of new beginnings and now I think that I understand why.  While as a society, we celebrate together on the beginning of the new calendar year, I believe that our individual New Year begins on our birthday, our personal day …

A Gift

In Creating Happiness, Recent Posts by Barbara Jacoby

I recently ran across a quote that I posted that gave rise to so many thoughts that I just had to share the message that I received.  The quote is:  “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. – Seneca”  I can remember so many times when I struggled …

The Influence of TV on My Life

In Creating Happiness, Recent Posts by Barbara Jacoby

I learned a very interesting fact about myself this week and that is the importance that television has on my life.  I have a TV on all of the time, even at work (thank you for a job that allows for that) and have certain programs that I faithfully watch.  Of course, there are lots of them that I view …