{"id":4195,"date":"2013-04-05T12:01:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/?p=4195"},"modified":"2013-05-10T13:11:02","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T17:11:02","slug":"thoughts-on-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2013\/04\/thoughts-on-happiness.html","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I had a guest post from Marilyn Tam called <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2013\/04\/have-you-chosen-to-be-happy.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Are You Truly Happy and Free?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Happiness is so important to strive for. We all want it but it can seem elusive. So today I have a video that I hope will inspire you to go for yours!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"HAPPINESS - Top 20 Happiness Quotes\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1hh-EgTOxZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1hh-EgTOxZM\"><strong> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1hh-EgTOxZM<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please leave comments under my posts so we can stay connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I had a guest post from Marilyn Tam called Are You Truly Happy and Free?\u00a0 Happiness is so important to strive for. We all want it but it can seem elusive. 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