To rise above the noise: the silliness that people create for themselves.Aristotle reminds us: happiness comes from within, and so say all of us. Day trips, country cafes, stretching the legs and the imagination. A stonking lovely cuppa. Yums. The joy of plants, animals, the sea. Honesty, calm and kind -- something I aspire to. Laughter: as natural as breath itself. It tickles the liver, they say. Bring it on. Good books: bios,nature, military history. Living in the States presently, but returning to Ireland. And then to have a winter getaway abroad. Somewhere warm.