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“Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.” — Anne Frank

Dorothée Edmonde
ILLUMINATION
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5 min readSep 9, 2020

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— one of my most revered historical figures and writers wrote this. If Anne Frank could make this statement, I believe we can stretch ourselves to be happy in almost every circumstance…and live a more quality life as a result.

I can be happy that I am hungry right now because I have food in the kitchen. I can be happy with my age because it means I have made it this far. I can be happy in traffic — I have a car. I can be happy that I am going to the dentist (I know, really stretching it here) — I have teeth. You get the picture, but let’s go farther.

I think we can agree that happy people are the best! I want to be around happy people. Happy people make me happy. They pull me up. I know at this point you may be picturing a happy bitch in your office that you might wish to disappear. One that is all bubbly and going on and on about some sale she went to last night and what a glorious morning it is and did I see the sunrise while I am just trying to reconcile standing upright, perceiving light, and clearing my throat to get more than a croak out : )……Happy is a…

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Dorothée Edmonde
ILLUMINATION

I am a teller of stories, a librocubicularist, a seeker of justice, a noticer of beauty in the unexpected, and enlightened daily by the divinity of truth...