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	~*~STACEY~*~	Reading now   Posted by ~*~STACEY~*~ on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:00 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Being No. 1 is what's makes Trust happy Stacey. I think he is gonna kill you!!!    Posted by Donovan on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:02 PM [Reply to this]

	Trust	Second...oh Stacey!   Posted by Trust on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:01 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Trust, you are first runner-up.  If Stecey is unable to fulfill her duties as Queen of Donovan's Blogs then you will take her title as ...king.    Posted by Donovan on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:03 PM [Reply to this]

	~*~STACEY~*~	You must be going to Jamaica !! LOL I love to travel that makes me happy and bein a mother & just about anything except routine !!   Posted by ~*~STACEY~*~ on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:04 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Not goign to Jamaica yet...my next trip is ATL...this weekend.  But that is more for work than play.   Posted by Donovan on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:12 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Stacey, What is your favorite place to visit?   Posted by Donovan on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:06 PM [Reply to this]

	~*~STACEY~*~	Was Florida till my mother passed away last month ... now anywhere WARM !!   Posted by ~*~STACEY~*~ on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:07 PM [Reply to this]

	~Sir Tommie~ I Am Poetry~	Stacey I agree with Donovan Florida will be a happy place once more....   Posted by ~Sir Tommie~ I Am Poetry~ on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 1:45 AM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	In time, Florida will be a place of fonds memories...your mother is at a better place.    Posted by Donovan on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:11 PM [Reply to this]

	hulia	reading is a favorite, but if i had to pick one thing that makes me happy it is just laughing with people i care about. i know that's lame, who doesn't love to laugh? duh lol but i don't really have any one situation that brings that about, it can happen anywhere and anytime. i break out in hysterical laughter at least once an hour even if i'm alone. insane? maybe. i wouldn't change it though:-)   Posted by hulia on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:10 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	I love that answer hulia!  Laughter is like the best thing you can do...you are adding like 10 additinal, quality years to your life expectancy...a good laughs goes a long way.       Posted by Donovan on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:14 PM [Reply to this]

	Trust	1. I get happy when I am first in the blogs! 2. When I flirt with beautiful girls on facebook and myspace. This makes me 'momentarily' happy. But what keeps me going is my family, when I talk to them over the phone, hearing their voices, laughter, jokes and the challenges they are going through, their hopes, fears, expectations, disappointments and achievements. That touches my heart, it makes feel alive as ever. When I talk to my 86 year old maternal grandma, gogo MaTshuma, the custodian of our lives, our anxieties, the person who has seen it all, when our mothers were still kids, how they made her angry when they got pregnant 'outside' marriage, how she didn't want my parents to marry because my dad was an unknown stranger and refugee, how she saw those 2 teenagers rise to the occassion, surpassing her expectations, when we were born, raised up, and became people ourselves. That makes me happy, treasuring those words, sharing them with my younger sibblings and my nephew and niece. And lastly, when I listen to R.Kelly's 'Happy People' song and I start to dance. That song captures my very spirit as a person, I'm rarely angry, I am a happy person, stepping to the left and the right! Good night.   Posted by Trust on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:18 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Trust, you forgot to mention that "Sundays" make you especially happy.   Posted by Donovan on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:20 PM [Reply to this]

	Trust	Hahahah, ye Sundays make me happy. I get renewed at church!  ((BUt yesterday I did not go to church, What, with the events of Saturday night shhhhhhhhhh, make sure Benae does not 'hear' this))   Posted by Trust on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:30 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Benae will read it! lol   Posted by Donovan on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 2:10 PM [Reply to this]

	~RyAnRaE~ Steve's Girl	I like Sundays, too.  We always go to church, go to lunch, and spend the day relaxing.  It's a nice way to prep for a long week =)   Posted by ~RyAnRaE~ on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 8:20 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Sunday evenings are my "alone time."  It is a great way to prepare mentally for demanding weeks.   Posted by Donovan on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 2:11 PM [Reply to this]

	caprice Caprice Green	HELLO DONOVAN. WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY IS TO SEE MY GIRLS HAPPY.  TO GIVE THEM THE THINGS THEY NEED AND SOMETIMES WHEN THEY ARE VERY  GOOD THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT(SMILE)  REST AND SLEEP WOULD REALLY MAKE ME HAPPY, BUT FOR NOW MY GIRLS........   Posted by caprice on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:26 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Caprice, your girls are lucky to have you! Thanks for sharing your "happy."   Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:28 AM [Reply to this]

	Divinia!	Lately, I have been hearing from friends how beautiful Jamaica is...I'm starting to get more than curious now...like, how am I going to get there? Anyway, I have to go and meet my brother for his birthday, but I'll be back with a few of my favorite things later on. one love   Posted by Divinia! on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:39 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Divinia! Your brother will have a great time today I am sure...birthdays make me happy because people tend to be ready to celebrate...and that's always good.  Enjoy time with your brother...tell him I said HAPPY BIRFFFFFDAY!!!!    Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:28 AM [Reply to this]

	Divinia!	I can be a bit mushy about these things…I listened to this on my walkman when I was on the train going to meet my brother, sister and Mum.  1.I love it when Geoff gets on YouTube, and plays me all his favorite songs from “back in the day”, and I                 get a recount of what was happening at the time…(no details spared), 2. When my kids ask me a question, and I know that they are thinking critically for themselves, and questioning the bigger picture, and their place in it. 3. My music…makes me very happy. 4. The friends I have been meeting, and getting to know. 5. Daydreaming 6. Going to “that place” where no problems exist, and you forget about your worries for a while. 7. A great documentary…could be about animals/people who are doing things against the odds/positive messages. 8. Dancing and singing. 9. Learning new perspectives from different people, and elevating conversations. 10. Sometimes I can look at a person even if I don’t know them, and I can just see their inner beauty, and that makes me happy. 11. Chocolate and ice cream and krispy crème donuts (although, not as much lately).   Posted by Divinia! on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 5:57 AM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Divinia!  I love this song!!!  And awesome list.   Posted by Donovan on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 9:24 PM [Reply to this]

	Divinia!	I kinda sorta had a feeling you'd like the song Your list is cool too.   Posted by Divinia! on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 3:32 AM [Reply to this]

	Catherine	“Life in General.” family, friends, work, reading, writing, shopping, cooking, going for long walks, especially in the rain or snow, “cuddling” I think it would be easier for me to say what makes me unhappy. What do think?   Posted by Catherine on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Catherine, what makes happy is more important than what makes me angry or sad.  I think if we celebrated more we would be more fulfilled.  I like your list...but shopping only makes me broke for I avoid it. lol   Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:26 AM [Reply to this]

	Pharaoh	Meagan Fox, I want to hit that more than I want to hit the Lotto! It would be my pleasure! There are four things every human being wants and the first is pleasure. We are born with built in pleasure and pain reactors, pleasure is the first want of everyone. Pleasure is too private and limiting though, when people mature they want success; money, fame, power. When people realize what they have got has nothing to do with what they are worth they turn to the third want is community; to love and be loved by those around you. Pleasure, success and community all have thier limits in the finite world. The last want for people who have made it to this level of maturity is for liberation. Liberation from everything that distances us from infinite being, infinite awareness, infinite happiness.   Posted by Pharaoh on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 6:17 AM [Reply to this]

	FrankE	Real talk there Pharoah!  My happiness comes from breathing.  As long as I can breathe, happiness has infinite possibility.  It's all in how one defines it.    Posted by FrankE on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 1:44 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Thanks FrankE for returning to my blog. I have missed you.   Posted by Donovan on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 3:55 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Pharaoh, Megan would be lucky to have you.  ;-) Love your response man. Final two sentences are golden!   Posted by Donovan on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 9:25 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Michael, the Rochester Guy!, you mention fornication...what about love?  Does that make you happy also?   Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:24 AM [Reply to this]

	!!Lika!! Lika TheLobbyist	Donovan, please excuse Michael.  While he may have graduated high school, I am positive he hasn't graduated college on the topic of love and relationships.  He's 40 going on somewhere in his mid to late teens...  and he's way out of his league on that one.   Posted by !!Lika!! on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 6:59 AM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	!!Lika!!, you are something!!!!  lol   Posted by Donovan on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 9:27 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Heaven help Megan.    Posted by Donovan on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 2:11 PM [Reply to this]

	Carl Cannabis	It's sweet you still think of me, but I've moved on boo. Smooches   Posted by Carl Cannabis on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 7:15 AM [Reply to this]

	Carl Cannabis	This is exactly why. You obviously waited a while to make that terrible joke. Then you have the nerve to laugh at it like it was funny. Like this   Posted by Carl Cannabis on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 3:19 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	MTRG behave. Leave Carl alone... for the record you started this one.   Posted by Donovan on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 2:12 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Michael, the Rochester Guy! Carl will NOT bite soooooooooo stop trying to bait him. This is a blog about happy rather than "drama"...you know where to go for that!!!!  lol   Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:24 AM [Reply to this]

	Milla	honest real quality time for me, and being snuggled with the man i love, yep thats what makes me happy   Posted by Milla on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:51 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	MillaThat's what's up!  It is so cool when you can share your happiness with someone else. Thanks for sharing your happy with us.    Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:22 AM [Reply to this]

	Christine Christine Nature-woman	I have a blog dedicated to things that make me happy...you know to keep things "balanced" per se... It may be a ways down on the blog list...but I recomend checking it out. Lots of happy thoughts. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll   Posted by Christine on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:59 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	ChrisAnn, your link didn't work so maybe this one will work.  Click here. http://blog.myspace.com/chris_ann1970   Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:21 AM [Reply to this]

	Elle	Walking in the woods makes me happy.  A sunny fall day, leaves glowing above, birds singing, ground smelling moist and leafy.  Aaaaah.   Posted by Elle on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 1:04 AM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Elle---Dixie L, I also love autumn foliage change....that is the great thing about living in the mid-Atlantic...awesome, breathtaking Fall...thanks for reminding me.    Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:16 AM [Reply to this]

	Gregory	10 things that make the G-man happy  1.) Children laughing 2.) Missus' smile 3.) A solid evening of making music for others 4.) A weekend hiking up in God's country 5.) A Happy Christmas down yard, Bwai! Junkanu bands and dancing... Red Snapper and Callaloo. 6.) A good workout, and an even finer meal 7.) Slow dancing, candlelight with Missus... and then, well - you know! 8.) Meeting beautiful people 9.) Stimulating conversation 10.) Traveling to new destinations.   Posted by Gregory on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 1:48 AM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Hey Greg, I love your list.  That's pretty cool. Here my list...not in order of importance. 1. Life 2. Family/friends 3. Nature...especially near water 4. Music 5. Knowledge 6. Intimacy (you can read that with an adult eye) 7.  Home (Jamaica & Washington, DC) 8. Learning/conversations 9. Art/provocative films 10. Activity (sports, swimming, cycling, etc)   Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:15 AM [Reply to this]

	~RyAnRaE~ Steve's Girl	Learning is a good one, Donovan!  =)   Posted by ~RyAnRaE~ on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 8:24 PM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	...and one more thing.  That R.E.M. video always makes me happy!!!   Posted by Donovan on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 2:23 AM [Reply to this]

	Donovan	Yesod Westly Light Thanks Wesley for adding some flavor to this thread. Everyone is welcome to share her or his points of view. Your coming was unexpected. I do invite you back...however, I politely request that you avoid using offensive language only because young people also read my blog...It is my belief that one can express himself or herself without the use of language that discourages meaningful dialogue. Again thanks for taking time and making time to share your colorful thoughts. Cheers.   Posted by Donovan on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 8:14 PM [Reply to this]

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