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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

4 Surprising Ways to Be Happy for No Reason (YES, Even Now!) 

Marci Schimoff There has never been a better, or more important time, to rethink what makes you happy. True happiness comes from the inside out—no matter what’s going on in your life or the wor

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 24, 2020November 5, 2025

Happiness is Good For You

Did you know that happiness is good for your physical, mental and spiritual health? Happiness can increase both the quantity and quality of your days here on earth, in other words help you live lon

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NY Times

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  • Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia in New Wave of Violence
  • Trump Hosts the Kennedy Center Honors, Breaking Tradition
  • United Nations Cuts Its 2026 Emergency Aid Budget in Half
  • Dogs in Kimonos: Japan Reinvents a Children’s Holiday With Pets in Mind

NPR

  • Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says
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  • This High Arctic rhino may change what we know about ancient animal migrations
  • Your glitchy video calls may make people mistrust you
  • What do birds think of forest management?

The Progressive

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  • Trump’s War on ‘Narcoterrorism’ Is a Smokescreen
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FactCheck.org

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Snopes.com

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