"I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is
needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good,
and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which
one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love
for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness. And then, on top of
all that, you for a mate, and children, perhaps - what more can the
heart of a man desire?"

Leo Tolstoy

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On 9/6/23 20:39, JAB wrote:

"I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is
needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good,
and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which
one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love
for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness. And then, on top of
all that, you for a mate, and children, perhaps - what more can the
heart of a man desire?"

Leo Tolstoy

Of family happiness, Tolstoy also wrote ``All happy families are alike;
each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.''

--
~rdh

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On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:05:45 -0500, rdh <rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

Of family happiness, Tolstoy also wrote ``All happy families are alike;
each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.''

All happy families are fiction....btw.

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On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:05:45 -0500, rdh <rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

Of family happiness, Tolstoy also wrote ``All happy families are alike;
each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.''

Anna Karenina principle - states that a deficiency in any one of a
number of factors dooms an endeavor to failure

Anna Karenina principle = SNAFU = Stuff Happens

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On 9/7/2023 12:45 PM, JAB wrote:

On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:05:45 -0500, rdh<rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

Of family happiness, Tolstoy also wrote ``All happy families are alike;
each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.''

All happy families are fiction....btw.

I wouldn't say so, depending on your definition of "happiness". I
should think that a "happy family" gets along better than others, with
fewer negative confrontations than positive ones. Of course, if you are
taking the meaning "happy" very literally, with no fights what-so-ever,
than that is another story.

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On Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:04:48 -0400, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

I should think that a "happy family" gets along better than
others, with fewer negative confrontations than positive ones.

Resistance Is Futile may be at the heart of many "happy families."

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On Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:04:48 -0400, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

happiness

Vid: 1:27

https://twitter.com/TheFigen_/status/1700540574384746750

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