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Year Two, Day 86: Ike Box


Day 6 of my "happiness way":

"The way to happiness:
Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry.
Live simply, expect little, give much.
Fill your life with love.
Scatter sunshine.
Forget self, think of others.
Do as you would be done by.
Try this for a week and you will be surprised".
~The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale, 1952


My new office: Ike Box Brewing Community, Salem, Oregon
I have discovered a new office! I am in Salem today. I usually arrive quite hungry and head for the Indian buffet near the Amtrak station. But in honoring my quest for self improvement, which includes more sensible eating, I ate yogurt on the bus ride down.

Divinely yummy yogurt. "NOOSA" lemon yogurt. It is whole milk and incredibly satisfying. Not to mention yummy!

 I guess I already said that.

http://www.noosayoghurt.com/product/lemon/


Anyway, I arrived in Salem feeling peaceful and not at all hungry! It was a first. I hardly knew what to do with myself. So I walked. I headed downtown. I had heard there was a little coffee shop with WiFi. My plan was to have a cup of tea, read and blog. Then go to cafe Yumm for lunch before teaching.

I have found a wonderful thinking place at One Box. Lovely old building, dark, cool and spacious inside. High ceilings, wooden tables. Perfect!

I nearly finished The Power of Positive Thinking.   Only two more chapters to go. I am seriously thinking about buying a dozen of these books, used in paperback and giving t them to family and friends. I have highlighted, underlined and starred a good quarter of the book!



I had a lovely tofu bento at Cafe Yumm.



Overall, a very peaceful and successful day in this thing called life!


Happy Wednesday!

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