Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. –Eleanor Roosevelt
Don’t Let The Stop Lights Stop You
Now, I’m not saying you should be running red lights when you’re driving. I’m saying don’t let the stop lights stop you from being happy. Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m writing this piece of advice to myself more than anyone. Traffic lights are one of my pet peeves. I find myself getting very frustrated by […]
It Just Takes A Smile
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. –Thich Nhat Hanh
The Importance Of A Good Attitude
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. –Dalai Lama
Just Let It Happen
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. –Albert Camus
Can Happiness Really Be Measured?
I keep seeing these various stories, some of which I’ve linked to from here in the past, about the latest happiness index or some measure of happiness. Can happiness really be measured? Happiness is something you feel inside. How can we possibly put a number on a feeling? Instead of trying to measure happiness, let’s […]
Stop Searching For Happiness
People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within. -Ramona L. Anderson
Happiness Myths
Over at The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin has been publishing a series of articles called Ten Myths About Happiness. Yesterday, she posted the complete list with links back to each of the articles: Ten Myths about Happiness — Which Do You Believe? The entire series is definitely worth reading. To your happiness!
Happiness Comes From Within
Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves. -Helen Keller
It’s Our Duty To Be Happy
There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. -Robert Louis Stevenson
