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Find Joy This Season Dec. 25, 2020
Dear Readers: Although this holiday season has looked very different for us due to not being able to... Read More
The Steps to Happiness Dec. 16, 2020
From the Philippine Observer's June/July 1996 issue come these steps to being happy: Happiness canno... Read More
Finding Joy in Having a Friend Aug. 23, 2020
Dear Annie: I am a 47-year-old married woman with two teenagers. I have a good marriage, although my... Read More
Taking Joy in the Presence of Your Father on Father's Day Jun. 18, 2020
One of the things I've always thought was very amusing is how many fathers feel Mother's Day has muc... Read More
Joy and Laughter in the Little Things God Is Showing Us May. 21, 2020
Having to self-quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in many families spending mor... Read More
Hello, Joy May. 14, 2020
My annual order of wildflower seeds arrived in the mail, and I've never been so eager to start somet... Read More
What Good Are Friends? Apr. 22, 2020
Everyone speaks of the need for friends and the role they can play in one's life, but an anonymous w... Read More
Look Up and Soak in the Wonder Mar. 02, 2020
Dear Annie: I've seen lots of parents (or babysitters) gabbing on the phone as they push strollers o... Read More
Major Player Pre-Show Jan. 11, 2020
Tomorrow, Mercury, Saturn and Pluto all line up neatly in Capricorn like a rat pack stealing the sta... Read More
Firmly on the Fence Jan. 10, 2020
Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for five years. We are in our early 30s and child-fre... Read More
Did Your Child Return From College a Better Person? Jun. 18, 2019
When assessing America's or any of the Western world's universities — wondering whether you sh... Read More
How to Live Your Life Above Your Circumstances May. 20, 2019
Her letter was long. Page after page she went on about every aspect of her miserable life. In betwee... Read More
Clean Up Your Act Mar. 07, 2019
It's all Marie Kondo's fault. Her popular Netflix series based on her best-selling book "The Life-C... Read More
Think Now: What Rhymes With Favor and Boosts Your Joy? Mar. 05, 2019
Savor rhymes with favor, and if it's not in your vocabulary, it should be. Why? Because learning to ... Read More
Cosmos Coming Up Roses Mar. 01, 2019
Venus in Capricorn forms a terse angle to the ever-surprising Uranus in Aries, suggesting that love ... Read More
Pleasure Practice Feb. 09, 2019
"What's your pleasure practice?" my friend Lynn asked. We were sitting in a cafe having coffee toget... Read More
When 2019 Shakes Your World, Start Where You Are Jan. 15, 2019
We're past the 50-yard line of the first month of the new year. What have you got to show for it? Of... Read More
Do Something Different Jan. 09, 2019
Marriage can be fun. That doesn't mean it's a comedy at all times, but there should be some delight ... Read More
Well-Being Is Sinking, But You Can Rise Above It Jan. 08, 2019
There are January clearance sales going on all over town, including my own desk. Near the top of one... Read More
Bring Joy to the World; It's the Thing to Do Dec. 27, 2018
SpongeBob Squarepants' creator died last month, but his character's wisdom lives on in an era that n... Read More
