Inherently Happy

About Inherently Happy

Quick reminders about Balance, Growth, and the Everyday Divinity within ourselves. More or less. With your pal Happy Lord Geoffrey. HaHaHappy.org

Publisher

Geoffrey Bennett Ulrich

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Sept 2017

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

475 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Imperfectly Happy - Ep. 475

   You can be a good person without saying Yes to every request,Spreading yourself too thin keeps you from doing your best,And sometimes goofing off can help you recharge and reset,Even telling people No when needed can be the safest bet. [full text below] Ep. 475 - Imperfectly Happy We begin as alwayswith the Happy Creed. We Believe in Happy,in Balance and Growth,of being Mindful and Grateful, Compassionate and Understanding. YowzaHahaMy Happy Friends! I have never, nor will I ever claim to be a saint,And anyone who thinks I am one—well, I assure you, I ain’t.Sainthood takes sacrifice, making it too tough a gig, of course,Only doing those things that register as being a positive force. For the rest of us we just do our best and sometimes a little less, Aiming for perfection is a great way to make an utter mess,But that doesn’t mean you’re necessarily broken, crazy or bad, Like everybody else we’re just trying to keep from going mad. You can be a good person without saying Yes to every request,Spreading yourself too thin keeps you from doing your best,And sometimes goofing off can help you recharge and reset,Even telling people No when needed can be the safest bet. You can have bouts of bitter, grouchy, cranky spite, Be all out of smiles for a while, ready to pick a fight,And it doesn’t suddenly make you unworthy or wrong,Just don’t start thinking it weakens what makes you strong. HahaYowza

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Happy Obstacles - Ep. 474

   A Happy Obstacle isn’t something that is necessarily easy to overcome, It’s something you understand before tackling either in part or total sum.Like, a door is a wall, until you find the handle.The night an abyss, until you light a candle. [full text below] Ep. 474 - Happy Obstacles We begin as alwayswith the Happy Creed. We Believe in Happy,in Balance and Growth,of being Mindful and Grateful, Compassionate and Understanding. YowzaHahaMy Happy Friends! A Happy Obstacle isn’t something that is necessarily easy to overcome, It’s something you understand before tackling either in part or total sum.Like, a door is a wall, until you find the handle.The night an abyss, until you light a candle. At my day job, I was told a student employee would work “the end of Summer,”I took it to mean “and then no more,” but it meant “then Fall, Winter and Spring.”So, I separated them before they were done—oops, bummer,And had to do some extra steps to try and undo the whole thing. No big deal, granted, though I still don’t like making extra work, of course, But I made a joke about it, saying “I blame the English language for being vague!”“Damn English!” I said, quoting Joan of Arc—probably—atop her war horse,Leading France into battle to push back the occupying English plague. So, rather than consider every misstep an omen of disaster and doom, Try to check and seeIf it really is what it appears to be,And not just an unlocked door into a poorly lit room. HahaYowza

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Happy Suffering - Ep. 473

   Happy Suffering is not enjoying pain,But knowing that it can remain, And living on despite the strain. [full text below] Ep. 473 - Happy Suffering We begin as alwayswith the Happy Creed. We Believe in Happy,in Balance and Growth,of being Mindful and Grateful, Compassionate and Understanding. YowzaHahaMy Happy Friends! If something hurts today, it may just go away, If it hurts tomorrow as well, it can start to feel like hell, But if it’s there every time you wake, it becomes a background ache. Sudden pain demands attention, but ongoing pain barely gets a mention.It’s something you learn to accommodate, not surrender to but habituate,Which means becoming accustomed, like it’s a lifestyle, not just once or once in a while. So, first you have to discover what type of suffering you’ve got, simmering or very hot,Then you determine if you need treatment or a coping skill, a fix or strength of will,If treatment, then it may improve, but if you must cope, it doesn’t help to mope. If you have discomfort that’s always there, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care,But that you can learn to ignore, like closing a window or shutting a door, It carries on while you live out front, living large not like a runt. Happy Suffering is not enjoying pain,But knowing that it can remain, And living on despite the strain. HahaYowza

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