The title says it all. If you’re having a rough day or simply looking for a smile, look no further! – The 30 Happiest Facts Of All Time!
“Blind people smile despite having never seen someone smile before. It is just a natural human reaction.” (#3)
– Daniel
The end is a scary concept. When relationships – friendships, romance, or family – end, we find ourselves vulnerable. It makes starting over without someone seem like a taunting task. But we push through with open hearts and minds. The outcome is always positive.
– Daniel
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life – and travel – leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks – on your body or on your heart – are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.” – Anthony Bourdain, The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
I seem to return to these words every so often. They’re very true. We make friends, acquaintances, and even enemies. We find romance and sadly sometimes have to watch it fall apart. We lose people to sickness, violence, accidents, and the sands of time. Happy or sad we should be grateful for these opportunities because even in the darkest and saddest of times, we ALWAYS get a little stronger. That is why, regardless of length, time spent with people are moments that changes us for the better – some just more drastically than others. They help us realize what we need from life and others around us. We learn to move on but never forget. This is why I’m grateful for the time I’ve spent with people close to my heart. They’ve made me stronger than the man I was yesterday. This is why it’s worth letting people in.
Look to this day.
– Daniel
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“The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It’s about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives…Limitless by design” – Rob Dyrdek
Closing in on the one year mark for my Happiness Project, I decided that it was the right time to update the ABOUT DANIEL section of this blog.
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” – Orson Welles
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“Just because you eat doesn’t mean you eat smart. It’s hard to beat a $1.99 wing pack of three at a fast-food restaurant – it’s so cheap – but that wing pack isn’t feeding anyone, it’s just pushing hunger back an hour.” – Mario Batali
“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria’s mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.” – Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
My brother sent me this video. Laughed pretty hard! As a new years resolution and part of my happiness project, I gave up McDonalds and other chains like it. I haven’t turned back. I’m healthier, in far better shape, and feel fantastic! Go out and try something new. When you travel, step out from within your comfort zone to experience what the world has to offer. Trust me. It’s always an interesting experience!
– Daniel
“There’s something in a simple hug that always warms the heart, it welcomes us back home and makes it easier to part…” – Johnny Ray Ryder, Jr., “A Simple Hug”
“If you’re angry at a loved one, hug that person. And mean it. You may not want to hug — which is all the more reason to do so. It’s hard to stay angry when someone shows they love you, and that’s precisely what happens when we hug each other.” ~Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997
via “I Fucking Love Science” on Facebook…thanks for reminding me of the importance of a hug. I should give those more often.
– Daniel
“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.”
– T. E. Lawrence
*Today I participated in a pigmentation study a fellow anthropologist was conducting and received this high resolution picture of my right eye. I ran it through instagram and got this pretty cool effect!
”It doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life, cause that’s gonna happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up.”
– Ben Affleck, winning his Oscar
Look to This Day 