Sally Huss - Addicted to Happiness!

How to Get Your Man (or Woman) by Sally Huss

"If you wish to have a love in your life, because you wish you will.  And because you know this is true, smile until you do."

 

(Happy Musings is a newspaper feature syndicated by King Features that I create each day to remind us all that “Life is wonderful!”  I offer it here to brighten your day.  Please share it with your friends.)

 

 

 

There are too many people out there without a close friend or a loved one in their life.  Yet as life on the outside gets tougher, colder and more demanding, the needs of the heart become even greater.

 

We all need warmth and we need to share our warmth.  The sun in the sky warms us on the outside, of course, but it is the sun on the inside that really warms us.  It is the sun in our own hearts that likes to shine, expand and share its contents.  It also likes to receive the same.  Why not?  That's the way we are constructed.  A heart is not meant to languish.  It needs to be used and exercised.  Love is the answer.

 

Why are there so many people without love in their lives?  Too busy?  No!  Too disconnected?  No!  Too discouraged?  No!  Too unworthy?  Not really!  Too afraid of rejection or being hurt?  Not buying it!  It is forgetfulness!!  They've just forgotten how to use the heart.  Again, love is the answer.

 

Love first and all good things will come to you, including that special person to be in love with.  That's the thing:  be in love right here, right now. 

 

What about love?  Love is that effervescent feeling that wafts from the heart, leaving you on top of the world and better for it.  The beauty of the heart is that it is so close.  Open its door and let the contents spill out.  Practice on small things like a flower, a peach, a dog, then move to grander targets like a walk on the beach, a starry sky, or a heavenly concert.  Beyond this, that love can grow to all sorts of things and all sorts of people, until the whole day is filled with love.

 

Not only is the heart close, but it is in the center of a person, more precisely, is the center of a person.  So, as a person loves, he or she benefits by its emanations first and foremost.  Those vibrations go through the loving person on the way to something or someone outside.  That's how to be in love.  Create your own ocean of this good stuff.  Let it fill every nook and cranny of yourself and then spill out to all that is around you.  At that point your special person, who is meant just for you, can't help but show up.  He or she will be caught up in the stream and whirled into sight.

 

So there, go ahead, be in love now, and then you'll be ready to truly be in love with.  Because you know this is true, smile until you do!        

 

 

Smiles,

Sally

“Life is wonderful! Don’t forget it.”

Please make a comment if you like.  The more happy people, the better! 

  

To view my gallery of original art and peek at my extensive lines of bright and happy products, including THE HAPPY BOOK, bibs, nursery wall décor, totes and purses, and gifts with thoughtful thoughts, go to:  www.sallyhuss.com.)

 

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c 2008 Sally Huss

The Muffin Diet by Sally Huss

"Dogs have their place in a home, usually at the head of the family."

 

(Happy Musings is a newspaper feature syndicated by King Features that I create each day to remind us all that “Life is wonderful!.” 

Who doesn't like muffins?  Blueberry muffins, raspberry muffins, pumpkin muffins, carrot muffins, apple cinnamon, oat bran, muffins with cherries on top, muffins with nuts, even muffins with chocolate chips!

 

So when my friend Brenda called to tell me about her new muffin diet, my ears perked up.  It was not that I needed to lose weight, but I'm always collecting information for friends who may need a new way to attack the bulge.

 

Brenda explained it like this:  It seems that a month previously when she had come to visit me in La Jolla from the desert, she had brought with her a small Springer spaniel, a rescue dog.  Brenda is always rescuing dogs.  In fact her home is filled with little, lost Chihuahuas.  But on this day she had left the little ones home and brought the spaniel.  He was new to the group and she was not sure how he would get along with the others while she was away.

 

When she arrived I got my first peek at this little black and white fellow with big, loopy eyes.  I could see that he was filled with an intense desire to be loved and at the same time to love, with a little mischief mixed in.  He was adorable.

 

Now on this particular day I was giving a tennis lesson to a young woman whom I knew was looking for a little dog for her daughter.  I put the three of them together -- mother, daughter and spaniel.  Brenda thought it was a good fit.  It was the daughter's ninth birthday and to have a fully-trained dog as a birthday present seemed like a gift from heaven.

 

So the dog went home with mother and child, and Brenda and I went for a walk on the beach.  Then ensued hourly phone calls from the mother about the misbehavior of the small fellow.  He barked when he saw another dog.  He pulled on his leash.  The daughter became terrified of him and the mother felt house-bound and imprisoned.  So, Brenda took the little guy back to her home, hoping to find a more patient family to adopt him.

 

This is where the diet comes in.  During the next few weeks while Brenda searched for a new home for the spaniel, whom she called "Muffin", she kept him happy by going on walks.  "The amazing thing," she said, "is that I'm losing weight.  Not only weight, but inches."  Brenda has an hour-glass figure, but one that can spread wide and far if not kept in check.  She continued to explain that the Chihuahuas had never given her much of a workout.  They just dallied along, but Muffin liked to power walk and even run.  Brenda was getting in shape with the help of Muffin and there was a good chance she wasn't going to give him up.

 

That's when she realized what a great weight loss plan she had created.  "Yep," she said, "just go to the pound, get yourself a ragamuffin and you're on your way."  That's how it came to be and that's all there is to it -- The Muffin Diet!

 

Smiles, Sally

“Life is wonderful! Don’t forget it.”

Please make a comment if you like.  The more happy people, the better! 

  

To view my gallery of original art and peek at my extensive lines of bright and happy products, including THE HAPPY BOOK, bibs, nursery wall décor, totes and purses, and gifts with thoughtful thoughts, go to:  www.sallyhuss.com.)

 

Email: sally@sallyhuss.com

Sign up for our Happy News at:  http://www.sallyhuss.com/signup.htm

c 2008 Sally Huss