{"id":8739,"date":"2014-12-24T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=8739"},"modified":"2014-12-24T06:45:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T14:45:08","slug":"how-to-be-happy-the-wisdom-of-lily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=8739","title":{"rendered":"How to be as happy as an 8 year old"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s great to be 8!
\n–Lily<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Be happy with who and where you are in life<\/p>\n

Be a goofball when the spirit moves you <\/p>\n

Read a book or ten or a thousand<\/p>\n

Make up random stories about Evil Potatoes<\/p>\n

Take those stories seriously<\/p>\n

Remember that French Fries are Good<\/p>\n

Don’t watch too much TV<\/p>\n

If you don’t have anything to say, well, don’t<\/p>\n

Don’t stay in one place for very long<\/p>\n

Roll your eyes when people are silly<\/p>\n

Wear a jingle bell necklace <\/p>\n

Play it during Christmas carols<\/p>\n

Jump up and down for no reason<\/p>\n

Jump up and down when something exciting happens<\/p>\n

Jump up and down because the Blazers are losing<\/p>\n

Draw a lot of pictures <\/p>\n

Make a moat out of your potatoes<\/p>\n

Look at someone cross-eyed<\/p>\n

Don’t be chicken<\/p>\n

Be excited about the stuff you’re excited about <\/p>\n

Slide on the wood floor in your stocking feet<\/p>\n

Laugh really loud<\/p>\n

Play the guiro frog after you’ve been sent to bed<\/p>\n

Make up words to a song<\/p>\n

Ask every question that comes to mind<\/p>\n

Dance around the room while you sing it <\/p>\n

Dance around the room any time you feel like it<\/p>\n

Make sure to point out that the dining room would be a perfect ballroom if there was no pesky dining room table in it <\/p>\n

Ask someone to make you a turkey dinner just because<\/p>\n

Don’t be afraid to be bossy about decorating the Christmas tree<\/p>\n

Take it totally for granted when people sing to you because why would you expect anything less<\/p>\n

Go to sleep when you are sleepy, even if it means someone has to carry you to bed<\/p>\n

Be totally charming without even thinking about it.<\/p>\n

Make sure you wrap people around your finger really, really tightly<\/p>\n

Lather, rinse and repeat<\/p>\n

Have a Merry Christmas and let everyone know you love them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s great to be 8! –Lily Be happy with who and where you are in life Be a goofball when the spirit moves you Read a book or ten or a thousand Make up random stories about Evil Potatoes Take those stories seriously Remember that French Fries are Good Don’t watch too much TV If … Continue reading How to be as happy as an 8 year old<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"How to be happy--just watch an 8 year old...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n#JustBe #HappyIsAsHappyDoes\r\n http:\/\/wp.me\/p4FR8-2gX","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140706-191531-69331077.jpg?fit=454%2C313&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2gX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10268,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10268","url_meta":{"origin":8739,"position":0},"title":"Chain of fools, metal smithing part 3","author":"Michelle","date":"July 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This week in jewelry class, we learned how to make jump rings and turn them into chains. \u00a0I won't say how cool I thought that was, because you might think I am a nerd.\u00a0 Here is how it works.\u00a0 You take a dowel that is the size of the ring\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10879,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10879","url_meta":{"origin":8739,"position":1},"title":"Obligatory Thanksgiving post","author":"Michelle","date":"November 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"There is so much to be grateful for in life that it's useless to try to make a list. 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