Happy Gram day is on the 15th!
The Happy Gram is a monthly email, where we share a collection of ​uplifting and inspiring videos and stories to warm your soul. 

Below, you are welcome to browse through the archive of past Happy Grams. 
​Or use the sign-up form above to receive your own copy of the Happy Gram in your inbox each month!
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Nov 15, 2025 - Click here to view

Tools for Becoming:  Gratitude - In this Time of Thanksgiving
​The Color Blue
Albuquerque Balloon Festival
Get Your Kicks on Route 66
Strength and Tenacity
Most Beautiful Frogs in the World

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Oct 15, 2025 - Click here to view

Tools for Becoming: The Gift of a Near Death Experience
Coffee!
Bhutan
The Peacock of Turkeys
440 Hz vs 432 Hz
​10 Amazing Places on Earth

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Sep 15, 2025 - Click here to view

Because everyone needs to see a Buddha and a candle

Tools for Becoming:  Water
World YoYo Champion - Hajime Miura
Gizmo the Parrot
Bag Art
Can I Live Without It?
10 Mindblowing Optical Illusions
World Smile Day is coming

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Aug 15, 2025 - Click here to view

Get it done the easy way
Julian Beever Street Art
The Lyrebird
The Yogis of Tibet
The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium 
Alpha Dog
Star Trek Day

July 15, 2025  Click here to view

Qiqong
The Ultimate Crash Helmet
Vetulucolians
Monkey Bibi
Yellowstone
Gravitation
​Give Something Away Day

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June 15, 2024 Click here to view

Dr. Joe Dispenza - Break the Habit of Being Yourself
Descendants of the US Founding Fathers
How to Use a Bandaid
The Taj Mahal
The One in the Costume
Vivaldi!
​Happy Father's Day

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May 15, 2025 Click here to view

Power to You!  Tools for Becoming:  Rumi Wisdom

• Rumi Quotes
• 5 Poems That Changed My Life
• Rumi's History and How to Love

SPINNING ART
How to open a door
Swing Fever - 74 Years Later
Haiku Generator
Overtones - Tibetan Chant

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April 15, 2025  Click here to view

Power to You!  Tools for Becoming:  ​What We Can Gain From Loneliness - 9 minute video
Hot Shots!

• 7th Grader Wins $10,000
• Dramatic Twist
• Three Straight Half Courts Shots
• Buzzer Beater
• College Student Earns $10,000

Whale Rescue:

• Short article with 1 minute video.
• Another version

Reinhardt Buhr (Play his music in the background, to change your mood) Reinhardt Buhr - The Space Between
Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk Take a peek!
A Dog and a Downs Syndrome Child (no words to describe) 3 minutes

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March 15, 2025  Click here to view

Power to You!  Tools for Becoming: Improve Memory and Concentration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVm5QuXSxxA
St. Patrick's Day - Irish Coffee

• Here's the story, and here's the recipe.

Solar System Comparison: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVFtBRHvd-4
Tunguska Event Meteor:  ​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
Chicxulub Crater: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater
Babies and Children Seeing What Most of us Cannot: 5 short yet profound videos:

• Baby in stroller.
• Toddler gives a kiss.
• 5 year old and his uncle.
• Little girl points to picture.
• Young boy and uncle on a motorcycle.

Tiny House Living:   5 minute tour
​Best 60s Dancer Boy Ever! One minute.

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February 14, 2025  Click here to view

Power to You!  Tools for Becoming:  How can we become our best if we're not getting sleep?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpdRKmLePaQ
• https://sleepdoctor.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpBj5Z1TbyU   

Flying Over the Atlantic  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tnpjwJ3hcfY
The Veiled Virgin 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQe3jbiSxB4
• https://www.quora.com/How-did-Giovanni-Strazza-carve-the-Veiled-Virgin

Are You Mensa smart?

• https://www.us.mensa.org/join/testscores/qualifying-test-scores/
• https://www.yourselfirst.com/iq

World Record Domino Topple  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbjko3M0JT4
Reimagined Historical Figures   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xi_k6Imy-jU

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January 15, 2025  Click here to view

Power to You!  Tools for Becoming:   Dr. Gladys McGarey Shares  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHvzjI5fiWc
Hacks - I never thought of that!  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ELKJKInihU8
Psychic Animals  https://www.sheldrake.org/books-by-rupert-sheldrake/dogs-that-know-when-their-owners-are-coming-home
How to Levitate (Spoiler Alert!)  

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2I5J1ArmeM
• https://www.youtube.com/@magicsecretsrevealed
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iM-1yANZXk

Serpent Mound  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH3l6RpAfFE
Amazing Gavrill (at 1.5 yr old)  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kQy53hcbLOk

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December 15, 2024  Click here to view

Power to You!  Tools for Becoming:   Ripple - Kindness and good deeds will come back to you  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMnEP2DYfmI
Holiday Gifts in the Middle Ages  https://www.textmanuscripts.com/blog/entry/12_16_gifts_of_the_past
Holiday Music Options:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-hrBhA4XkM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tpHBW6Ld30
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqthwZ3m0U

"Merry Christmas" in 24 Languages  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cSYIhQ522A
Set Aside Time for Holiday Classics   https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=holiday+movies+full+length
So God Made a Dog  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTI0qecraNk

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November 15, 2024  Click here to view

Power to You!  Tools for Becoming:  Dr. Wayne Dyer, 5 Lessons to Live By  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOkNkcZ_THA
Beautiful Bas-Relief Sculpture https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uIE77CWWndk
​The Incredible Ibex  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9TMn1FJzc
How does an owl fly so silently?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_FEaFgJyfA
She was a ballerina, A woman with Alzheimer's remembers   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT_tW3EVDK8
That Moment When You Realize That Your Parents Were Cooler Than You  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efoqKRDHJyA

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October 15, 2024  Click here to view

Power to You! Delta Sleep System Dr. Jeffrey Thompson  www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lZ9-yACROE
Liberating a Condor  wwww.youtube.com/watch?v=kk8ZiEulmUw
Reuniting Through DNA Research   https://wwww.youtube.com/watch?v=8ntNJPBOQVs 
Sea Animals, Coral Reef and Aquarium Magic
Nothin' But Lazy, "The Funniest Wolf Howls Are Lazy Ones"
​We began with sleep. We end with sleep.  ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xflwWzqivj8

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September 15, 2024 Click here to view

Power to You! Conscious Humming  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKKjhP6P8dU​
Love Between Humans and Animals  www.youtube.com/shorts/mAZxq_v8qMs
The Digital Art of Markos Kay  www.youtube.com/shorts/l_z0GyZkz18
Words of Wisdom from Delores Cannon   www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7e7scigI8U
Lee Asher and His Rescue Dogs   www.youtube.com/watch?v=x81Zf0JnkIg
This video speaks for itself.  People helping strangers.  ​https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C_nrg4lxBj0

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August 15, 2024  Click here to view

Crystal Castle & Shambhala Gardens   www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCRqAoZJMxI&t=33s
Canyonlands National Park   www.youtube.com/watch?v=WodvHttiTBc
The Divine Name - Sounds of the God Code  www.hayhouse.com/the-divine-name-sounds-of-the-god-code-audiodownload
One Minute Roller Coaster  www.youtube.com/shorts/QipPAVAzNkI
A man found a baby hawk while walking his dog  www.youtube.com/shorts/x3C61okHpUs
​Did the Dolphin Laugh?  ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsp_JTtE3-w

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July 15, 2024 - Click here to view

How Old Were They on July 4, 1776?  https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/ages-of-revolution-how-old-1776/​
Richard Goodall - America's Got Talent   www.youtube.com/watch?v=cffU0jSYJd8
Elephants Have Names  www.npr.org/2024/06/07/nx-s1-4994426/wild-elephants-individual-names
Grand Canyon Drone   www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlpzAvQ8t8s
Waitomo Glowworm Caves  www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlLKjKgV5So
Just Hanging Around  ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERTrOwEb5M8

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June 13, 2024 - Click here to view

Happy Father's Day!
​The Summer Solstice
Over the Rainbow  www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I
Down, Down, Down and Down We Go  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5C7sqVe2Vg
"I'm taking pictures of things I find beautiful"  www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW8BDgLpZkI
A Baby Hears   ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Q5kO4YXFs

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May 12, 2024 - Click here to view

Happy Mother's Day!
Giraffe Manor, Kenya  www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7qIv1hBeR0
Ancient Louisiana  www.klfy.com/louisiana/this-louisiana-archeological-site-is-older-than-the-egyptian-pyramids/
From Nest to Flight   www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKRUCoEd1JQ
Staying Alive (dancers!)  www.youtube.com/shorts/F0LpaHcaRR8
Bless This Man  www.youtube.com/shorts/AkJp4k3ps7I
Watch the 4th Dog   ​https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZvIBXBE-T4w

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April 15, 2024 - Click here to view

​Happy May Day!   www.history.com/topics/holidays/history-of-may-day
Did you know there is a Cloud Appreciation Society? 
It’s allergy season and help is on the way! Self-Care Massage Techniques for Sinus Relief  
Suzanne Somer’s Husband Now A Believer in the Afterlife
Eagle’s Eye View
Where did this little girl learn to argue like that?

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March 15, 2024 Click here to view

Paul Barton Plays the Piano for Elephants
A Real Woolly Mammoth May Be In Our Future
How Do Crystals Form?
What Makes for a Happy Life?
Canada’s Stonehenge?
Gorilla Reunion

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