“Beware of destination addiction: The idea that happiness is in the next place, the next job, or even with the next partner. Until you give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.”
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Chel Owens 
YES! I totally agree. AND it took me over 5 decades to find that out.
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I think you just can’t find happiness for a few decades sometimes…
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Good quote. He used to be ‘Denzil the Nomad’, until he settled in Washington!
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Which Washington, though?
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DC, you see!
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Amen!
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🙏🏻
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In the Navy, I learned that the two best duty stations were the one you just left and the one you are going to.
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… and, were you happy?
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Isn’t Happy one of the twelve dwarves?
No seriously, I was happy. I was attached to only one boat while I was in. Never really had anything to look back on, or forward to.
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“One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking things.”
― Henry Miller0
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That is profound.
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Whoops “….. a new way of looking at things”
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Wise words from you and Denzel both! .
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I’m definitely as wise as Denzel. 😉
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Definitely 😊
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It does seem to be an affliction for many people. Different or the next one isn’t always better.
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I may be one of those “many people…”
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good food for thought…
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Like a cheeseburger?
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or a veggie burger 🙂
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Noooooooooooooo!
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🙂
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👍
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Excellent quote, Chel
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Thanks!
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Very true, it’s why I flit from job to job, even though I know little will change
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It’s why I get through every day.
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Well I hope you have a happy day Chelsea 🙂
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Very true, Chel and it takes a while before you realise the grass is never greener on the other side x
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Surely it’s slightly greener… 😉
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I left various patches of grass, thinking that the grass on the other side of the fence was greener, only to discover that it was quite brown and dried up, but alas now I’m trapped on the wrong side of the fence and realized my original patches were quite green all along.
Ultimately, the grass is greener where you water it.
In conclusion, I can’t be happy until I have my Toilet Gator millions.
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I think it’s way past time you published Gators just for fun and focused on applying some fertilizers.
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It really is a deep, rich world, dragging us deep into the world of toilet animal-based crime.
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That’s a very deep observation on your part, by the way.
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I know everything now but I figured it out too late and my body is too old. Also, I think I know everything but keep making the same mistakes anyway. I don’t think you ever get to know for sure if a big decision was right until you’re 10 years into it. Like Tyrion said on Game of Thrones when someone asked if something was a good idea he said ask me in ten years.
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Sure, but there is a point at which you realize today may not be perfect but will be the start of the next ten years. So, you know: start today.
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Took me far too long to realise this.
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I need to re-learn it every day.
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Amen!
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🙏🏻
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