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The Happiness Butterfly

September 12th, 2006 by Laura Moncur in Links
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Back in 2004, I wrote an entry on my personal blog about this quotation:

It has been a very popular entry because I challenged my readers to post in the comments if they ever have a butterfly alight on them. The comments are worth a read because some of them have been truly inspiring. One in particular was inspiring and she had the lovely picture to prove it:

Since then, I HAVE had butterflies alight upon me. Here is a picture that Mike took when it happened:

A Butterfly Alights Upon Me by Michael Moncur 04-23-06

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