July 9, 2024 • 16 mins
How do we rebuild our lives after a profound loss? Join me on The Fuzzy Mic as I share my personal journey of coping with the heartbreak of losing my beloved dog, Pinto.
I open up about how the pain kept me away from the microphone and how I've found solace through running and embracing the Mediterranean diet.
Struggling with depression and stress, I discuss the crucial role my dogs have played in my mental health—both as sources of sorrow and life-saving responsibility.
I'll also share insights from a psychologist about the concerning impact of our over-reliance on technology on our cognitive and social skills, urging everyone to challenge themselves to maintain these essential abilities.
Finally, we learn from the happiest people in the world, how to make ourselves happy.
Thank you for being an integral part of The Fuzzy Mic community and for staying fuzzy, friends!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fuzzy, fuzzy Mike.
Yeah, fuzzy, you can take itwith them on a bus or train, on
a highway or on a planebackstage, or on a bike.
It's Kevin Kline's Fuzzy Mike,fuzzy Mike interviews Not top of
mind, not even the news, no way, just a bunch of stuff that
(00:24):
Kevin likes, all recorded withhis Fuzzy Mike.
Hello, and thank you for beinghere.
I had to take a few weeks off,as you probably noticed if you
kept checking back here for newepisodes, and I appreciate your
(00:46):
patience and your concern.
Here's what happened.
Every time I'd sit in my studioready to record something, all
I could think about was the lastepisode I recorded
memorializing my dog Pinto, whowe had to put down, and I just
couldn't bring myself to open up.
But, klein, you've recorded newepisodes with Tim on Tuttle and
(01:08):
Klein, what gives.
That has been my outlet, theonly time I've been able to get
into my studio and have funwithout thinking about how much
I was hurting over Pinto, sothat's why those continued.
Now, man, I've got to tell you,losing that four-pound dog
knocked all 170 pounds of me onmy emotional ass and you could
(01:30):
be thinking two things right now.
Man, klein, you're such a wuss,and Klein, you don't weigh 170
pounds.
Okay, yes, I agree with you, Iam a wuss, and you're right, I
don't weigh 170.
I weigh 171.
So, in the interest of roundnumbers, I just went with the
(01:51):
170.
Here's what's going on, andyeah, I know that's kind of a
humble brag, but it hassomething to do with mental
health.
On May 8th I got back into mylong distance running.
You see, as somebody whosuffers from depression and
chronic suicidality, running tome is the cheapest form of
medication.
I was just talking to somebodythe other day and they said you
(02:13):
know, I've been battling somedepression and I really want to
get active because I know thathelps me.
You don't know how much ithelps you.
It clears the cobwebs, is whatI call it, and so when I took a
time off from running, I reallykind of felt the weight of that,
and so it's really good to beback to running.
(02:33):
And on May 8th, when I got backinto running, I weighed 185.
On June 8th, one month ago,trish and I started our
Mediterranean diet running 200miles per month and cutting out
processed foods and sugar.
That's what's led to a 14 poundweight loss in exactly two
months.
My mental health has improved inthese last two months.
(02:55):
It's not like I've been on ahigh, it's just I've been
content, except for the past twoweeks.
I've been doing really well,the past two weeks loaded with
stress, and I don't handlestress well at all.
This past Saturday I was homealone and the thought of ending
(03:17):
it all to eliminate the stressit did cross my mind.
What stopped me was that Ididn't know how long everyone
was going to be gone and I wastaking care of two dogs so I
didn't know if they would haveenough food and water if I was
dead and they were alone for,say, eight or more hours.
Crazy.
(03:38):
You know that dogs can bringsuch sorrow when they pass.
Yet they may have saved my lifeover the weekend.
Anyway, my dear friend Melanie,she reached out to me over the
weekend to see how I was doingand to ask when a new episode of
the Fuzzy Mike would be posting.
Melanie met Pinto and featuredhim on her TV show and she
(03:59):
recently lost her dog Eli.
So we've been grieving together.
I had planned to do a newepisode of the Fuzzy Mike this
week and when Melaniespecifically asked if I was
going to do one now, thatsolidified it and I'm coming
around about Pinto not beinghere anymore.
I know that I am because whenwe went to pick up Pinto's ashes
, I didn't cry in the car.
(04:20):
Baby steps, friends, baby steps.
So I'm at the point now whereand I know this isn't rational
thinking, but I feel that, sincewe finally have the box with
his ashes in it and his name onit, that he's back in our home
and I'm able to protect him.
Crazy, what kind of thoughts wecan convince ourselves into
(04:41):
during grief, right?
Anyway, over the past two weeks,I've been doing a lot of
reading and I found two articlesthat I want to share with you.
These stories resonated with mein the respect that they gave
me an idea to challenge myself,and perhaps you might want to
take these challenges too.
The first article I foundclaimed that humans are losing
(05:05):
the cognitive and social skillsthat they need for a thriving
personal and professional life.
This is according to renownedpsychologist, dr Richard Davis.
According to Davis, we are atrisk of losing the ability to
have good judgment and to haveinsight about people, technology
, social media, and to haveinsight about people, technology
, social media, artificialintelligence.
(05:25):
Well, those are what's to blame.
So we rely so much on ourphones that we're losing our own
ability to think and makejudgment calls, this cognitive
ability.
It needs to be exercisedregularly so that we don't lose
it.
It's kind of like a muscle, youknow.
You gotta exercise it to keepit working, to keep it strong.
(05:47):
Now I will agree, I too amguilty of using my phone a lot.
I'll whip out my calculator foreven basic math.
Now, to be fair, I suck at math, always have.
So this isn't really a fairillustration of the point being
made.
The calculator is essential formathematically challenged
(06:09):
people like me, as is spellcheckfor people like, say, my wife
Trish and I are similar innearly every aspect of our lives
.
Give us five house photos we'llselect the same one.
Vacation destination choiceswe'll pick the same places.
We really only have twodifferences she's a numbers and
(06:30):
a warm weather girl, I'm a wordsand cold weather guy.
Now, not to go off completely ona different topic, but I've
often wondered how people withspelling challenges find the
words that they need to spell.
I mean, I've watched my wifeinput words into dictionarycom
to find the proper spellingDictionarycom replies with is
(06:52):
this even an English word?
It's like dictionarycom has toplay 20 questions, just so we
can make an attempt to properlyidentify the word she's trying
to find.
How do people who can't spellfind words in the dictionary?
It's always puzzled me.
It's for this reason myspelling prowess that makes me
not completely worthless in ourrelationship.
(07:14):
But with AI, which she usesreligiously, I may not be as
essential to her as I think I am.
And that's what gets me back tothe original topic.
We are using our phones and AIso much that we can't think for
ourselves or make judgment callsanymore.
The article used GPS as anexample.
(07:36):
People once used physical mapsor memory to get where they
needed to go.
Now, if your phone dies, youmight find yourself lost more
easily.
Again, I'll use my wife as anexample.
She relies so much on GPS shedoesn't even bother to look at
the street signs or landmarks.
(07:56):
If she has to go to the sameplace, say, 10 times in a row,
that 10th day will look as freshto her as it did on the first
day.
Turn right in 500 feet.
She knows she's turning rightin 500 feet.
Doesn't know what street she'sturning from nor onto, but she
knows a turn is approaching.
(08:17):
Doesn't realize that there's acoffee shop on one corner, a gas
station on another corner andan Asian restaurant on another
corner.
Gps said turn in 500 feet.
Why do I need to look at mysurroundings?
And that's the point thearticle was making.
The more we rely on thistechnology, the less intuitive
we make ourselves.
(08:37):
And that's not where thearticle stopped.
It went even further as to thehuman risk that technology is
creating.
People's ability to talk to andconnect with each other is
similarly at risk.
According to the psychologistand this is a quote if your
head's in your phone, you'remeeting people through online
profiles or you're basing yourbusiness decisions based purely
(09:01):
on a resume, not really seeingor spending time with someone,
you're losing your core humancapability to have insight into
other people.
Again, I'm as guilty of this asanyone.
I'm comfortable not talking topeople in person.
It's not that I'm notinterested in people.
It's quite the opposite.
(09:21):
I'm fascinated by people.
I believe everyone has a storyto tell and I love learning
about those stories.
I learn a lot of stories byreading social media pages.
I get stories from magazinearticles, news stories, podcasts
and previous interviews.
You know where I don't getstories podcasts and previous
interviews.
You know where I don't getstories Personal conversations.
(09:41):
For me, it's difficult toinitiate conversations in person
.
I'm not really wired that wayand technology has made it easy
for me and people like me toexist and even thrive in this
world.
But because I don't want tobecome a robot and I don't want
to lose my critical thinkingability and I want to have
meaningful relationships, I'mchallenging myself and asking
(10:05):
you to do the same.
Let's each meet one new personthis week and have a
conversation with that person.
It could be while you'restanding in line at the coffee
shop, grocery store, doctor'slobby, wherever, and it doesn't
have to be a long conversation.
Oh, you're getting a lavenderlatte.
I've never had that.
Is it good?
Can you believe the price ofthese bananas?
(10:28):
Yeah, hemorrhoids flaring upagain.
What are you here for?
The main goal?
It's not to carry on aconversation of Tolstoyan
proportions.
It's simply to exercise yourbrain and keep that interaction
ability sharp.
The other fascinating story Iread was about Finland and
Denmark having seemingly crackedthe code to living a happy life
(10:51):
.
The two countries hold the topspots in the World Happiness
Report's annual ranking of thehappiest countries in the world.
I don't know if you know this,but Finland has held the world's
happiest country title nowseven years in a row.
Cnbc Make it asked a group ofFinnish and Danish business
leaders and psychologists toexplain the results.
(11:13):
It came down to a few go-tosayings that remind them to
think positively andoptimistically even when, or
especially when, times are tough.
So if you want to live ahappier life, what they suggest
is add these three phrases toyour vocabulary.
Now, this is what the expertssay.
(11:33):
Motto number one whatever youleave behind, you will find in
front of you.
It's a fairly common phrase infinland.
Apparently it implies thatleaving an issue unattended will
only result in a bigger issue.
So if your friend makes adistasteful joke about you, for
example, by you not addressingit immediately, it could give
(11:57):
off the impression that, ah,that's okay, and then similar
jokes are made in the future.
This tells me all I need toknow as to why I would suck at
being Finnish.
I hate confrontation.
I try to avoid them at allcosts.
I recently had a difficultconversation.
It was just that a conversation.
Voices were not raised, butconflicting opinions were
(12:20):
presented.
Well, at least my opinion waspresented.
This really wasn't open fordebate, as I was sharing my
unsolicited observations of asituation.
The interaction lasted all of30 seconds, if that.
I felt so stressed about it.
After it happened, I had amigraine for two days.
(12:42):
I got reassurance and praisefrom those who witnessed my
presentation, yet I still felttense and terrible the rest of
the week.
But and this is the honesttruth even though it was
uncomfortable for me, things gotback to normal after about a
day and a very recognizablechange was noticed.
(13:03):
It ended up being a positiveconversation, so maybe the fins
are onto something.
Then again, I would have muchpreferred to have not been put
in that position in the firstplace, which would have happened
had I had my head buried in myphone.
Damn personal challenges.
What have happened?
And I had my head buried in myphone?
(13:24):
Damn personal challenges.
Another happiness phrase, andthis one is used by the Danes
Putemede, putemede,p-y-t-m-e-d-e -T.
Putemede.
More than 25% of Americans arestressed to the point of harming
their mental health andproductivity, often worried
about circumstances outside ofour control, and this is
(13:44):
according to the AmericanPsychological Association.
People in Denmark use athree-word phrase every day to
get ahead of that.
The phrase putemaday translatesto it doesn't matter or don't
worry about it.
Pute or never mind is areassurance that things will be
okay, even when they seem not tobe.
(14:06):
It's a good reminder to notsweat the small stuff, as Pute
Madej encourages us to shrug offnegativity and move forward
with grace and resilience.
And then the third quote isSome have happiness, everyone
has summer.
Finnish people use thehundred-year-old phrase Some
have happiness, everyone hassummer.
(14:28):
In other words, no matter whatyou're dealing with, better days
will come.
Sometimes life gives, sometimesit takes, but no matter the
situation, you can always counton one thing Sooner or later,
summer will come to us all.
And that, right there, capturesthe biggest difference between
(14:50):
the happy Finns and the nearlyconstantly depressed me.
On the one hand, you have theFinns who say summer eventually
comes to us all.
I, on the other hand, know thatwhile summer eventually arrives
in Finland, it only lasts atbest three and a half months.
So while it does eventuallycome, it doesn't last long, and
then you're right back into thecold, dark abyss of winter.
(15:11):
Perhaps I need to change mythinking.
So here's the challenge tomyself and to you let's come up
with our own phrases or mantrasthat we can turn to for
happiness.
If you already have one, shareit with me Direct message,
comment or email and I'll talkabout it in our next episode.
(15:31):
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not a good sign for a podcast,really.
So if you just give this arating and tell someone about
the show, I'd be grateful.
Heck, you could actually makethat the icebreaker for your new
(15:54):
meeting.
One person challenge this weekhey, I was listening to this
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Boom, just like that.
You've accomplished twochallenges.
You met someone and shared theshow.
My other podcast, the Tuttle andGline show, where my longtime
(16:16):
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That's actually on an upswingof momentum.
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(16:36):
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Fuzzy, fuzzy Mike.
Yeah, fuzzy, you can take itwith them on a bus or train, on
a highway or on a planebackstage, or on a bike.
It's Kevin Kline's Fuzzy Mike,fuzzy Mike interviews Not top of
mind, not even the news, no way, just a bunch of stuff that
(00:24):
Kevin likes, all recorded withhis Fuzzy Mike.
Hello, and thank you for beinghere.
I had to take a few weeks off,as you probably noticed if you
kept checking back here for newepisodes, and I appreciate your
(00:46):
patience and your concern.
Here's what happened.
Every time I'd sit in my studioready to record something, all
I could think about was the lastepisode I recorded
memorializing my dog Pinto, whowe had to put down, and I just
couldn't bring myself to open up.
But, klein, you've recorded newepisodes with Tim on Tuttle and
(01:08):
Klein, what gives.
That has been my outlet, theonly time I've been able to get
into my studio and have funwithout thinking about how much
I was hurting over Pinto, sothat's why those continued.
Now, man, I've got to tell you,losing that four-pound dog
knocked all 170 pounds of me onmy emotional ass and you could
(01:30):
be thinking two things right now.
Man, klein, you're such a wuss,and Klein, you don't weigh 170
pounds.
Okay, yes, I agree with you, Iam a wuss, and you're right, I
don't weigh 170.
I weigh 171.
So, in the interest of roundnumbers, I just went with the
(01:51):
170.
Here's what's going on, andyeah, I know that's kind of a
humble brag, but it hassomething to do with mental
health.
On May 8th I got back into mylong distance running.
You see, as somebody whosuffers from depression and
chronic suicidality, running tome is the cheapest form of
medication.
I was just talking to somebodythe other day and they said you
(02:13):
know, I've been battling somedepression and I really want to
get active because I know thathelps me.
You don't know how much ithelps you.
It clears the cobwebs, is whatI call it, and so when I took a
time off from running, I reallykind of felt the weight of that,
and so it's really good to beback to running.
(02:33):
And on May 8th, when I got backinto running, I weighed 185.
On June 8th, one month ago,trish and I started our
Mediterranean diet running 200miles per month and cutting out
processed foods and sugar.
That's what's led to a 14 poundweight loss in exactly two
months.
My mental health has improved inthese last two months.
(02:55):
It's not like I've been on ahigh, it's just I've been
content, except for the past twoweeks.
I've been doing really well,the past two weeks loaded with
stress, and I don't handlestress well at all.
This past Saturday I was homealone and the thought of ending
(03:17):
it all to eliminate the stressit did cross my mind.
What stopped me was that Ididn't know how long everyone
was going to be gone and I wastaking care of two dogs so I
didn't know if they would haveenough food and water if I was
dead and they were alone for,say, eight or more hours.
Crazy.
(03:38):
You know that dogs can bringsuch sorrow when they pass.
Yet they may have saved my lifeover the weekend.
Anyway, my dear friend Melanie,she reached out to me over the
weekend to see how I was doingand to ask when a new episode of
the Fuzzy Mike would be posting.
Melanie met Pinto and featuredhim on her TV show and she
(03:59):
recently lost her dog Eli.
So we've been grieving together.
I had planned to do a newepisode of the Fuzzy Mike this
week and when Melaniespecifically asked if I was
going to do one now, thatsolidified it and I'm coming
around about Pinto not beinghere anymore.
I know that I am because whenwe went to pick up Pinto's ashes
, I didn't cry in the car.
(04:20):
Baby steps, friends, baby steps.
So I'm at the point now whereand I know this isn't rational
thinking, but I feel that, sincewe finally have the box with
his ashes in it and his name onit, that he's back in our home
and I'm able to protect him.
Crazy, what kind of thoughts wecan convince ourselves into
(04:41):
during grief, right?
Anyway, over the past two weeks,I've been doing a lot of
reading and I found two articlesthat I want to share with you.
These stories resonated with mein the respect that they gave
me an idea to challenge myself,and perhaps you might want to
take these challenges too.
The first article I foundclaimed that humans are losing
(05:05):
the cognitive and social skillsthat they need for a thriving
personal and professional life.
This is according to renownedpsychologist, dr Richard Davis.
According to Davis, we are atrisk of losing the ability to
have good judgment and to haveinsight about people, technology
, social media, and to haveinsight about people, technology
, social media, artificialintelligence.
(05:25):
Well, those are what's to blame.
So we rely so much on ourphones that we're losing our own
ability to think and makejudgment calls, this cognitive
ability.
It needs to be exercisedregularly so that we don't lose
it.
It's kind of like a muscle, youknow.
You gotta exercise it to keepit working, to keep it strong.
(05:47):
Now I will agree, I too amguilty of using my phone a lot.
I'll whip out my calculator foreven basic math.
Now, to be fair, I suck at math, always have.
So this isn't really a fairillustration of the point being
made.
The calculator is essential formathematically challenged
(06:09):
people like me, as is spellcheckfor people like, say, my wife
Trish and I are similar innearly every aspect of our lives
.
Give us five house photos we'llselect the same one.
Vacation destination choiceswe'll pick the same places.
We really only have twodifferences she's a numbers and
(06:30):
a warm weather girl, I'm a wordsand cold weather guy.
Now, not to go off completely ona different topic, but I've
often wondered how people withspelling challenges find the
words that they need to spell.
I mean, I've watched my wifeinput words into dictionarycom
to find the proper spellingDictionarycom replies with is
(06:52):
this even an English word?
It's like dictionarycom has toplay 20 questions, just so we
can make an attempt to properlyidentify the word she's trying
to find.
How do people who can't spellfind words in the dictionary?
It's always puzzled me.
It's for this reason myspelling prowess that makes me
not completely worthless in ourrelationship.
(07:14):
But with AI, which she usesreligiously, I may not be as
essential to her as I think I am.
And that's what gets me back tothe original topic.
We are using our phones and AIso much that we can't think for
ourselves or make judgment callsanymore.
The article used GPS as anexample.
(07:36):
People once used physical mapsor memory to get where they
needed to go.
Now, if your phone dies, youmight find yourself lost more
easily.
Again, I'll use my wife as anexample.
She relies so much on GPS shedoesn't even bother to look at
the street signs or landmarks.
(07:56):
If she has to go to the sameplace, say, 10 times in a row,
that 10th day will look as freshto her as it did on the first
day.
Turn right in 500 feet.
She knows she's turning rightin 500 feet.
Doesn't know what street she'sturning from nor onto, but she
knows a turn is approaching.
(08:17):
Doesn't realize that there's acoffee shop on one corner, a gas
station on another corner andan Asian restaurant on another
corner.
Gps said turn in 500 feet.
Why do I need to look at mysurroundings?
And that's the point thearticle was making.
The more we rely on thistechnology, the less intuitive
we make ourselves.
(08:37):
And that's not where thearticle stopped.
It went even further as to thehuman risk that technology is
creating.
People's ability to talk to andconnect with each other is
similarly at risk.
According to the psychologistand this is a quote if your
head's in your phone, you'remeeting people through online
profiles or you're basing yourbusiness decisions based purely
(09:01):
on a resume, not really seeingor spending time with someone,
you're losing your core humancapability to have insight into
other people.
Again, I'm as guilty of this asanyone.
I'm comfortable not talking topeople in person.
It's not that I'm notinterested in people.
It's quite the opposite.
(09:21):
I'm fascinated by people.
I believe everyone has a storyto tell and I love learning
about those stories.
I learn a lot of stories byreading social media pages.
I get stories from magazinearticles, news stories, podcasts
and previous interviews.
You know where I don't getstories podcasts and previous
interviews.
You know where I don't getstories Personal conversations.
(09:41):
For me, it's difficult toinitiate conversations in person
.
I'm not really wired that wayand technology has made it easy
for me and people like me toexist and even thrive in this
world.
But because I don't want tobecome a robot and I don't want
to lose my critical thinkingability and I want to have
meaningful relationships, I'mchallenging myself and asking
(10:05):
you to do the same.
Let's each meet one new personthis week and have a
conversation with that person.
It could be while you'restanding in line at the coffee
shop, grocery store, doctor'slobby, wherever, and it doesn't
have to be a long conversation.
Oh, you're getting a lavenderlatte.
I've never had that.
Is it good?
Can you believe the price ofthese bananas?
(10:28):
Yeah, hemorrhoids flaring upagain.
What are you here for?
The main goal?
It's not to carry on aconversation of Tolstoyan
proportions.
It's simply to exercise yourbrain and keep that interaction
ability sharp.
The other fascinating story Iread was about Finland and
Denmark having seemingly crackedthe code to living a happy life
(10:51):
.
The two countries hold the topspots in the World Happiness
Report's annual ranking of thehappiest countries in the world.
I don't know if you know this,but Finland has held the world's
happiest country title nowseven years in a row.
Cnbc Make it asked a group ofFinnish and Danish business
leaders and psychologists toexplain the results.
(11:13):
It came down to a few go-tosayings that remind them to
think positively andoptimistically even when, or
especially when, times are tough.
So if you want to live ahappier life, what they suggest
is add these three phrases toyour vocabulary.
Now, this is what the expertssay.
(11:33):
Motto number one whatever youleave behind, you will find in
front of you.
It's a fairly common phrase infinland.
Apparently it implies thatleaving an issue unattended will
only result in a bigger issue.
So if your friend makes adistasteful joke about you, for
example, by you not addressingit immediately, it could give
(11:57):
off the impression that, ah,that's okay, and then similar
jokes are made in the future.
This tells me all I need toknow as to why I would suck at
being Finnish.
I hate confrontation.
I try to avoid them at allcosts.
I recently had a difficultconversation.
It was just that a conversation.
Voices were not raised, butconflicting opinions were
(12:20):
presented.
Well, at least my opinion waspresented.
This really wasn't open fordebate, as I was sharing my
unsolicited observations of asituation.
The interaction lasted all of30 seconds, if that.
I felt so stressed about it.
After it happened, I had amigraine for two days.
(12:42):
I got reassurance and praisefrom those who witnessed my
presentation, yet I still felttense and terrible the rest of
the week.
But and this is the honesttruth even though it was
uncomfortable for me, things gotback to normal after about a
day and a very recognizablechange was noticed.
(13:03):
It ended up being a positiveconversation, so maybe the fins
are onto something.
Then again, I would have muchpreferred to have not been put
in that position in the firstplace, which would have happened
had I had my head buried in myphone.
Damn personal challenges.
What have happened?
And I had my head buried in myphone?
(13:24):
Damn personal challenges.
Another happiness phrase, andthis one is used by the Danes
Putemede, putemede,p-y-t-m-e-d-e -T.
Putemede.
More than 25% of Americans arestressed to the point of harming
their mental health andproductivity, often worried
about circumstances outside ofour control, and this is
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according to the AmericanPsychological Association.
People in Denmark use athree-word phrase every day to
get ahead of that.
The phrase putemaday translatesto it doesn't matter or don't
worry about it.
Pute or never mind is areassurance that things will be
okay, even when they seem not tobe.
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It's a good reminder to notsweat the small stuff, as Pute
Madej encourages us to shrug offnegativity and move forward
with grace and resilience.
And then the third quote isSome have happiness, everyone
has summer.
Finnish people use thehundred-year-old phrase Some
have happiness, everyone hassummer.
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In other words, no matter whatyou're dealing with, better days
will come.
Sometimes life gives, sometimesit takes, but no matter the
situation, you can always counton one thing Sooner or later,
summer will come to us all.
And that, right there, capturesthe biggest difference between
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the happy Finns and the nearlyconstantly depressed me.
On the one hand, you have theFinns who say summer eventually
comes to us all.
I, on the other hand, know thatwhile summer eventually arrives
in Finland, it only lasts atbest three and a half months.
So while it does eventuallycome, it doesn't last long, and
then you're right back into thecold, dark abyss of winter.
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Perhaps I need to change mythinking.
So here's the challenge tomyself and to you let's come up
with our own phrases or mantrasthat we can turn to for
happiness.
If you already have one, shareit with me Direct message,
comment or email and I'll talkabout it in our next episode.
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Heck, you could actually makethat the icebreaker for your new
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One person challenge this weekhey, I was listening to this
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