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Tag: happiness
One life is not enough
Green Renaissance
‘If you are not a reader, you have only one life. But if you are a reader, you have a million lives.’ Rakel believes that one life is not enough. The span of years and hours and seconds that makes up her life, do not give her the time to experience all that she would like to. But the power of a good story opens the door to endless travel and adventure. Rakel Helmsdal is a writer, a puppeteer and an artist. Journey into her world!
Visit Rakel HERE
Vocabulary chunks to learn :
- One life is not enough
- Hundreds and thousands of things
- Go exploring
- A new adventure
- If you are a reader you have a million lives
- You lose yourself in it
- It makes me richer
- Understand the world more
- Something that touches you
- I can’t help telling stories
- I have to tell them
- It’s larger than themselves
- The errors you made
- Life is not perfect
- According to plan
- The world needs creative people
- Its so terribly important
- Do what you love
- Keep your feet on the ground
- Dream while I’m still awake
- Get lost
- It’s your adventure
- I want to make people dream
- That’s what I love the most
I love life
Green Renaissance
For centuries, the greatest thinkers have suggested the same thing: Happiness is found in helping others. There is no greater gift than that of giving of one’s time and energy to help others, without expecting anything in return. “What you receive is just wonderful. You don’t receive it in money. Just the pleasure of seeing their faces.” – Peggy
Vocabulary chunks to learn from the video :
- I’m a very luck old lady at 83
- I’ve had a lovely life
- The departure lounge
- I love life
- We so fortunate to be alive
- Everyday is a challenge
- What’s around the corner
- Enjoy every minute of it
- I never get bored
- Think positive
- I never ever ever got lonely
- It’s beyond my understanding
- Make a cup of tea
- Just knit a few stitches or a few rows
- I love to knit
- I’ve knitted 25 jerseys so far
- A busy outlet
- It’s for you It’s a gift
- What you receive is just wonderful
- Packed like a sardine can
- I give them away
- What a wonderful idea
- I’ve never bought wool, It’s just arrived
- It’s part of me
- I’d be very heart sore
- I so badly want to be remembered
It was a long long time ago
Hiho Kids
Vocabulary chunks :
• Nice to meet you
• I’m very happy to meet you
• How was it like back then
• We didn’t have radio
• We didn’t have television
• No telephones
• No trucks, they had wagons and horses pulled them
• It was a long long time ago
• I was in the Second World War
• I liked marbles and tops
• We had to wear skirts and stocking
• They didn’t have slacks and pants
• I did research on ants
• You’re really old but you’re really good
• I have a good life
• The secret to living a long life is being happy, working hard, getting exercise, doing things for yourself
• All of those things make you live a long time
• It’s wonderful to meet you, have a great life
A person is a person because of people – Zulu Proverb
(present perfect film)
Vocabulary to learn after watching the video :
Don’t you think they grow up pretty fast
You have to be a grown up sometime
Social isolation
Closely correlated with loneliness
Mental and physical decline
We’ve invited you to come and celebrate happiness with us
Come again, come when you can
What makes you happy?
What really makes us happy? How is happiness sustainable? Can we actually make ourselves happier? In this series, an experimental approach was taken with real people to explore the theme of happiness. [ soulpancake.com ]
The power of gratitude
Teacher Whitney Cole at Oak Ridge Elementary School in Sacramento knows how powerful gratitude can be, so she has her sixth grade students keep a gratitude journal that is impacting her students beyond the classroom. [soulpancake.com]
Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :
• Gratitude journals
• 3 Things that you are grateful for
• It forces a happy end to the day
• Everybody can find success in their gratitude journals
• Saying thank you
• Being grateful for what you have
• It might make a hard day turn into an easy day
• I’ve actually changed
• It continues, it starts becoming part of their everyday behavior
• They are still inspired
• They have high hopes for their future
• You get to shape who they are
• Then you get to watch them fly on their own
• She means a lot to me
Happiness experts wanted
[soulpancake]
Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :
• Being able to afford your next meal
• At a dance hall
• A giggling joyful mess on the sidewalk
• Just being still
• It’s a state of mind
• Up in the mountains
• As I grew older
• The people around me became the source of my happiness
• Cotton candy
• A bucket list
• Swimming with dolphins
• Happiness in one word
Apartment Therapy
“We all know that being happy at home doesn’t just come down to filling your space with objects you love. You can find new satisfaction in your space by adding a few simple practices to your routine, and before you know it, these habits will refresh your life both inside and outside your walls.
From starting your day off on the right foot, to carving out “me time,” to taking care of chores in the moment—it’s the little things in life that go a long way. The best part is that they are so easy to do you can start incorporating them tomorrow !
Check out the inspiring little video presentation and resolve to embrace happiness in your own home”. Illustrations by Danie Drankwalter.
Read more @ apartment therapy
Green with happiness
[Great big story]
“Everything in Elizabeth Sweetheart’s life is green. From her bright green hair, to her self-dyed green overalls, the New York City artist has earned her moniker, “the Green Lady.” Elizabeth was inspired to wear green after an emotional trip to Florida with her father. Today, she continues to uphold the tradition because of the joy it brings those around her.”
Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :
- It is pretty green
- I’m quite green
- A green kitchen countertop
- Green knobs
- The front door
- I wanted to be an artist
- I started wearing green when my dad invited me to visit Florida
- We hadn’t really connected
- Aqua green
- Deep rich green
- A lucky day
- The way I dress makes other people smile
- Can I have a selfie with you
- As you get older you realize color is so much fun
- It’s so positive
- I’ll change to my next favorite thing
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Vocabulary in Chunks 
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