Month: July 2016

by Webb Hubbell

  Before I start today’s meditation here is one more about happiness: “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. — Martha Washington   I remember to this day when my neighbor and best friend in Memphis, Bill Wagner, got a new Schwinn three-speed. My old…

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by Webb Hubbell

  I think I have written before that my Yoga instructor is constantly encouraging me to “open up my heart.” She is encouraging me to throw back my back and open up my chest. A computer keyboard encourages one to hunch, and she is trying to get me to stretch the muscles of my chest…

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by Webb Hubbell

  “Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.” –Norman Vincent Peale   “Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.”  — William James People send me all the time their favorite quotes.…

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by Webb Hubbell

  In an earlier life I served on several charitable boards, and it seemed that a major part of this service was to ask other people for their money. I was terrible at this part of my service, and I really admired those who seemed to have a knack at it. I think why I…

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by Webb Hubbell

On many an occasion, I will come down for a cup of coffee and before I pour Suzy will try to engage me in conversation. My usual response — “I haven’t woken up yet.” How many times do I remind myself to wake up! Not just in the early morning, but during the day. In…

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