1.0Zachary Nintemanhttp://www.zacharyninteman.comZacharyhttp://www.zacharyninteman.com/author/forest5544/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tHMe2bhCB8"><a href="http://www.zacharyninteman.com/do-things-that-make-you-happy/">Do Things That Make You Happy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.zacharyninteman.com/do-things-that-make-you-happy/embed/#?secret=tHMe2bhCB8" width="600" height="338" title="“Do Things That Make You Happy” — Zachary Ninteman" data-secret="tHMe2bhCB8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Life is a funny thing. It is so beautiful, so fragile, so amazing. We are cognitive beings, capable of thinking, feeling love, and experiencing joy. We have the ability to run around in the sunshine barefoot on the grass while the wind blows through our hair. That is what life is all about. That is living. Yet most of us aren’t living. We are dying. Slowly and painfully. People are mad about their jobs. Stress about their finances. Angry at their spouses. We walk around bent sideways under stress, anxiety, and depression, thinking that this is how life is supposed to be. We are in such bad states, that we get angrier when we see those chronically happy and optimistic people prancing and dancing around, saying things like how great it is we have the ability to run around in the sunshine barefoot on the grass while the wind blows through our hair. Who […]