The Work of Happiness
@work-of-happiness.bsky.social
Trying to find my way in this existence, to experience all the beauty this life has to give, and share that beauty and what I discover in my seeking with the world around me.
"If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred. If you want to see the brave, look for those who can forgive." - Bhagavad Gita
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred. If you want to see the brave, look for those who can forgive." - Bhagavad Gita
How much beauty there is in this world ❤️
October 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
How much beauty there is in this world ❤️
Aspen changing over Santa Fe
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Aspen changing over Santa Fe
There is so much beauty in the world. How is it we (I) so frequently forget this?
Pisgah National Forest, NC.
Pisgah National Forest, NC.
October 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
There is so much beauty in the world. How is it we (I) so frequently forget this?
Pisgah National Forest, NC.
Pisgah National Forest, NC.
The calming swaying of the trees and the falling of the leaves.
Total. Contentment.
Total. Contentment.
October 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The calming swaying of the trees and the falling of the leaves.
Total. Contentment.
Total. Contentment.
The beauty of symmetry.
September 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The beauty of symmetry.
The beauty of nature can help us remember what is essential and to drop that which is un-essential.
Loch Lommond along the West Highland Way, Scotland
Loch Lommond along the West Highland Way, Scotland
September 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The beauty of nature can help us remember what is essential and to drop that which is un-essential.
Loch Lommond along the West Highland Way, Scotland
Loch Lommond along the West Highland Way, Scotland
The joy of fuzzy critters.
September 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The joy of fuzzy critters.
"The mind constantly runs
After wandering senses,
It drives wisdom away, like the wind blowing a ship off course."
- Bhagavad Gita
(Bankhead NF, Alabama)
After wandering senses,
It drives wisdom away, like the wind blowing a ship off course."
- Bhagavad Gita
(Bankhead NF, Alabama)
September 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"The mind constantly runs
After wandering senses,
It drives wisdom away, like the wind blowing a ship off course."
- Bhagavad Gita
(Bankhead NF, Alabama)
After wandering senses,
It drives wisdom away, like the wind blowing a ship off course."
- Bhagavad Gita
(Bankhead NF, Alabama)
Treat each moment like it is a gift from the universe, because it is.
Double Lake, Glacier Trail, Wind River Range, WY
Double Lake, Glacier Trail, Wind River Range, WY
September 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Treat each moment like it is a gift from the universe, because it is.
Double Lake, Glacier Trail, Wind River Range, WY
Double Lake, Glacier Trail, Wind River Range, WY
The splendor of fall aspen.
Twin Lakes, CO
Twin Lakes, CO
September 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The splendor of fall aspen.
Twin Lakes, CO
Twin Lakes, CO
“When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that is love. And between these two, my life flows.”
―Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
―Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
September 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that is love. And between these two, my life flows.”
―Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
―Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
"If you want to be truly free, perform all actions as worship"
- Bhagavad Gita (trans. Stephen Mitchell)
- Bhagavad Gita (trans. Stephen Mitchell)
September 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"If you want to be truly free, perform all actions as worship"
- Bhagavad Gita (trans. Stephen Mitchell)
- Bhagavad Gita (trans. Stephen Mitchell)
'When I am among the trees...
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I... never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”'
- Mary Oliver
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I... never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”'
- Mary Oliver
August 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
'When I am among the trees...
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I... never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”'
- Mary Oliver
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I... never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”'
- Mary Oliver
Beauty and tranquility at Rila monastery, Rila National Park, Bulgaria.
August 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Beauty and tranquility at Rila monastery, Rila National Park, Bulgaria.
"Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves... All is a miracle."
-- Thich Naht Hahn
-- Thich Naht Hahn
August 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves... All is a miracle."
-- Thich Naht Hahn
-- Thich Naht Hahn
The delight of a cactus bloom.
Picketing Canyon, Colorado
Picketing Canyon, Colorado
August 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The delight of a cactus bloom.
Picketing Canyon, Colorado
Picketing Canyon, Colorado
Find the trail...
Phantom Terrace, Venable-Comanche loop. Sangre de Christo range, Colorado.
Phantom Terrace, Venable-Comanche loop. Sangre de Christo range, Colorado.
August 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Find the trail...
Phantom Terrace, Venable-Comanche loop. Sangre de Christo range, Colorado.
Phantom Terrace, Venable-Comanche loop. Sangre de Christo range, Colorado.
Bankhead National Forest, AL
Do many amazing waterfalls in this little gem.
Do many amazing waterfalls in this little gem.
August 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Bankhead National Forest, AL
Do many amazing waterfalls in this little gem.
Do many amazing waterfalls in this little gem.
Great Vow Zen Center.
Is there any other purpose to life?
Is there any other purpose to life?
August 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Great Vow Zen Center.
Is there any other purpose to life?
Is there any other purpose to life?
I can never get enough of Grand Teton from the Paintbrush Divide loop.
August 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I can never get enough of Grand Teton from the Paintbrush Divide loop.
Big New Mexico sky.
The clouds this year have continually provided joy to my soul.
The clouds this year have continually provided joy to my soul.
August 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Big New Mexico sky.
The clouds this year have continually provided joy to my soul.
The clouds this year have continually provided joy to my soul.
Big sky over the Glacier trailhead. Wind River range, Wyoming
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Big sky over the Glacier trailhead. Wind River range, Wyoming
Tetons. The most beautiful range I've had the privilege to come across.
August 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Tetons. The most beautiful range I've had the privilege to come across.
The closing of the wildflower season. Mount Zirkle wilderness area, Routt National Forest, Colorado.
August 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The closing of the wildflower season. Mount Zirkle wilderness area, Routt National Forest, Colorado.