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Be peaceful this Valentine’s Day.Extend love to your mind & body!

Body image, over-eating, sugar con-sumption are a few stress factor cre-ated by Valentine’s Day. This year try to find peace and contentment from within.

1.Meditate: Think about those you love, keep those warm happy feelings close to your heart! Think of those who love and care about you, have you been taking their loving & kind-ness for granted? Also, think about many who needs love / care in the world and pray for their wellbeing.

2. Buy organic chocolate: look for brands that are organic and local. Why organic? Cocoa is the second most pesticide crop. When farms stop using harmful chemicals, chocolate tastes better.

3. Relax: Good for your mind, belly and wallet. This is why we are not putting out 100 pages “special issue”.We want our readers to relax, get some shut eye, hang out with love ones, count the stars at night, make s’mores by the camp fire, cook a spe-cial meal ... any thing but getting into the over-stressed busy mindset.

Have a wonder Valentine!

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Thanks to all con-tributors for another wonderful issue!

Art Direction: Dannie Gao

Contributor: Sofia Burke, Kerry K, Laura Carrell, Scott M, Amber Deaton

All inquires email:

hello@happygreeneasy.com

“Lilac Blossom Heart” Val-entine’s Day Heart Fine Art Photograph by Etsy seller: GeorgiannaLane

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When it comes to leafy greens, almost nothing packs more nutritional power than kale. Learn to make this simple Scrambled Tofu and Kale with a side of Sweet Potato Fries breakfast. It will Keep to your mood and energy up and weight down.

Hectic work and personal schedule ahead? Take a deep breathe and fill-ing. Staying organized produces better mood in our lives. Get a set of to-do sticky notes by Cox & Cox.

Switch from candy to dark chocolate. It has anti inflam-matory properties. Try Vegan dark chocolate from Sweetriot. $47 for 12 pack

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“Small-steps to a better life

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“Always be mindful of the Kindness and not the faults of others.

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I know what you’re thinking—wine pasta? That’s genius! The innova-tive Caberneti line by Marché Noir Foods features products derived from milling grape skins (a natural byproduct of wine creation), which the company says are rich in iron, fiber and antioxidants $8.50

If you are happy, don’t hide it, smile and tell the world how you feel with a I Heart You temporary tattoo.

$5 for set of 2 by Tatty

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EAT YOUR WINE

SMILE

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V a l e n -t i n e s F r ie n d -s h i p Bracelets

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Handmade by youSo cheerfully reminiscent of childhood and its open declarations of best-friends-forever, friend-ship bracelets are such a super way to let some-one know you’re thinking about them. All this adds up to the perfect Valentine’s Day project! ... Read the tutorial at the Purl Bee blog

A modern twist: we found and love this WISH bracelets, it has a little 24K tiny gold heart in the center to remind us that we are loved. $10 from Etsy seller: SistersLoveHandmade

Keep it traditional: For $8 two bracelets! you get to chose from an assortment of color and custom combinations. We are already excit-ingly placing custom orders! from Etsy seller: JustString

Handmade from Etsy

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The Secret of Happiness is within you. A good man is surrounded by good. A bad man is surrounded by evil. Call it the Law of Reflections, but one thing is sure. What you see around you is nothing but a reflection of your own spirit. But first lets dispense with the illusion that wealth can provide happiness.

WELLBEINGInner Happiness

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Ebenezer Scrooge, while blessed with wealth, was not a happy man. Bob Cro-chet, was poor, yet blessed with the joy of living.

A Christmas Carol was written in 1843, but its message remains as true today as it was then. The belief that wealth can bestow happiness is nothing more than an easily disproved urban legend.

Ebenezer, cold hearted and tight fisted as he was, was left with a hunger that could not be quenched by all his wealth. Deeply embedded in Dickens’s tale is a timeless secret. This quest for happi-ness is denied to those searching in the wrong places. Ultimately, it’s not what you have; it’s what you are that counts.

Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930) had this

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to say about the relationship between happiness and wealth. “It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed.” Ken’s quote while humorous, was con-sistent with the viewpoints expressed by a majority of Internet contributors. Happiness is a by-product of a human soul at rest with itself. Surely, “Self centered and happy” must belongs to the world of the Oxymoron.

My search for the real secret began a long time ago. Dan Boger and I were on an extended camping trip in Flor-ida. A last adventure we had planned before we both would enlist in the mili-tary. We were a month into the trip, and we had seen most of the things to be seen, at least those we could afford.

We each took turns watching the camp while the other went out to

explore the local world. It was on one of my excursions that I had my first encounter with the Great Secret. I told Dan when I returned. “Dan, I found a place where everyone is just like me.” Dan’s response was immediate. “Is that good.” was his only reply. “It’s paradise Dan.” Dan frowned and said, “I think you got the location wrong, but tell me about it.”

I told him that less than twenty miles from our camp I had discovered a small circus, and in this circus was an amazing structure called the House of Mirrors. Dan laughed understand-ing immediately, “And this house of mirrors is where you uncovered this group of people just like you?” “Yep!” Dan laughed and soon forgot the incident. For me it became an icon of understanding in my search for happi-ness. An Icon I returned to again and again over the years.

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Time passed as it always does. The military was behind us. Dan married my next door neighbor and moved to Tampa. I soon had a wife and four kids to feed. The search for happiness was no longer just a petty game but became an obsession with me.

In my memory I returned to the house of mirrors, knowing that the secret lay within.By pieces the secret was opened to me. The world I lived in was like the house of mirrors.

The people I saw were reflections of myself. How else would you judge a person except through the template of yourself. If you are a good person, the actions of those around you will be interpreted as good actions. If you are evil, the actions of those around you will be interpreted as evil actions. Being good is it’s own reward. The choice is yours.

Article by: Ted Little

Photography by: Karen Burns

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STYLE/simply lived in

Bold Peacock Lil i clutch

handmade in Paris $90

Mailed with Love by Tiny Prints.

10 cards for $22.90

Mezza Luna silk-crepe

and lace robe $875Cozy knits in

bright colors

add spark to

dreary, winter

days. $26

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Mimimi CardsSend a little heart to those love ones miles away, we love this card as it’s a perfect gift anyone would love to receive. Handmade paper cut art greeting-card, $6

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