It Costs Nothing To Smile

I like to be around positive people, people who tend to be happy, who look on the bright side of life. Far too many people walk around in what seems like a depressed state. Come on people, it costs nothing to smile.I must admit, I used to be one of... Read More

True Happiness

Most people look outside of themselves as the cause of their unhappiness or frustration. After all, wouldn't life be practically perfect if the significant people in our lives would simply do things the way we want them to or do what we think is best for them? Actually, this is... Read More

What Is Happiness?

What is it that everyone is seeking? Happiness with no sorrow. A continuous happiness with no taint whatsoever of sorrow.~Lester LevensonHappiness is our basic nature.We rarely find it because we are not in touch with our basic nature. Instead we look for happiness everywhere where it doesn't exist.The world equates... Read More

Gratefulness

Gratefulness brings a great fullness to life. The choice to adopt and hold a moment-by-moment attitude of gratitude is the choice that differentiates those who suffer the slings and arrows of misfortune and those who are blessed with a joyous and abundant life.Yes, that is correct. It is not the... Read More

Health and Medical Advice on the Internet: Use it Wisely to Overcome Illness and Find More Happiness

I've got a bit of a problem with depression and anxiety. I've been tackling these problems for several years without the use of modern medicine. Tai Chi, meditation, martial arts (exercise), and positive interaction with other people seem to keep a lid on my illnesses most of the time. I... Read More

Happiness Fleeting

"You cannot capture happiness no matter how hard you may chase after it. Happiness is something that follows you." The words of the old sage echoed in the young man's heart, sounding a constant beat like the song that plays over and over without reprieve. "What does that mean?" he... Read More

Suffering

Since wisdom is the art of coping with suffering, it starts with a willingness to tackle it head-on:a) Such is the harshness of our condition that we suffer, sometimes greatly or worse, insuperably.b) Such is the richness of our nature that we can learn to live happily, or at least... Read More

Keys to Happiness

"Happiness is the whole aim and end of human existence" - Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" - Mahatma GandhiUnderlying the reasons why clients have come to me over the years is the desire for happiness.... Read More

Seven Strategies You Need to Know About Strengthening Your Self-Esteem

Did you know that your life's success in all areas is directly related to having a healthy self-esteem? You've heard the cliché "You are what you eat." Many would also argue that "You are what you think."Nathaniel Brandon, one of the most notable psychologists on self-esteem put it nicely: "There... Read More

Happiness and Keeping Ahead of the Joneses

Imagine that the Internal Revenue Service in your country claimed that you owe $1000 plus in tax arrears.You dispute this, and you challenge the tax people in court, but the court rules that they're right. Especially if you're a person of substantial means, you'd pay up with a shrug of... Read More

Quick Tips On Staying Positive In A Negative World

Looking for a way to stay positive in a negative world?Edward W. Smith, motivational speaker, author and TV show host, who specializes in quick tips on how to move your life ahead even faster, offers the following advice.First, decide that you are going to be positive, and look for the... Read More

Health, Wealth, and Love

What is happiness? The dictionary defines it as "a state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy."Like many dictionary definitions, this may be accurate, but needs to be more specific to be of practical use. How do you experience this "state of well-being?"One of the best... Read More

Its All About Me: Why Its Good to Be Selfish

I started thinking about this topic during a discussion of "What You Wish You Knew Then". People were talking about the differences in their lives once they discovered that what makes them happy is just as important as what makes other people happy.It really is true...if you are not happy,... Read More

Emotional Baggage

We all have them. It has many faces. We carry them around us, We store them in the remotest part of our brain, in the deepest chambers of our hearts.We have them in our extensive database of memories. Some are so close to the heart, it brings out tears at... Read More

10 Steps to Happily Ever After

Do you know what all happy and healthy marriages have in common? In every one of them you will find two people committed to making each other happy. You will find a man who cherishes his wife and puts her needs above his own, and you will find a wife... Read More

Find Shortcuts To Happiness

If someone said you could feel inner peace and joy by just deciding to do it, would you believe them? Well, we're telling you just that! Anyone can choose inner comfort, ease or a feeling of well-being by learning simple tools that will teach you how to make these decisions.... Read More

Making Peace With Sloth: The Value of Natural Pace

Though his racing speed is a maximum 6 feet per minute, the sloth has won the race against time. It's not that he's immortal, it's just that he's efficient. While we micro manage time and monopolize our schedule, sloth simply is. In his just being he shows us the value... Read More

Happiness - Cause and Effect

Your reaction to the events around you determines how you feel and how you affect those you come into contact with. Consider the following example:Jane, a bank executive, got caught in traffic on her way to an important presentation at a board of directors meeting. As a result, she was... Read More

Simplify - and Be Happy

People's lives today are jam-packed with great projects, ideas, to-do lists, errands, things we should do, things we could do, duties and obligations. No surprise then, that many of us feel we barely have time to do the things we have to do (or think we have to do), let... Read More

If You Can Dream It you Can Do It!

Confuscious, the Chinese Philospher is quoted as saying : "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." In other words, it is in the 'doing' that we appreciate and learn the meaning of an action or activity, not in thinking or day dreaming... Read More

Sunny Days Are Here To Stay

Yes, this is correct. Sunny Days are here to stay, that is, if you want them to be. What's that mean? Well, let me explain it this way.How do you feel when it's a "sunny day" outside? When you first awake and the sun is shining in your window doesn't... Read More

Could Your Thoughts Sabotage Your Happiness? Take This Quiz And Find Out

Women are conditioned to be people pleasers. Women are taught to be "nice" even if that's means comprising their happiness, and often times that is exactly what happens. We have a tendency to do, and say things just so the other person's feelings don't get hurt. How many times have... Read More

Having Fun with Life

It was just a few degrees shy of swimming weather a few weeks ago at the beach. I walked along the shore in my jeans and a red tankini top, the salt air refreshing against my skin but not quite cold. My two sisters and some friends and I were... Read More

Happiest Person In America: Whats Sex Got To Do With It?

Who is the happiest person in America? USA Today featured Happiest Person in a cover story in its USA Weekend magazine. Bad news: it's not you. Nor is it me.Just how did they find Happiest Person and determine that he is indeed the happiest person in America? The USA Today... Read More

Choose To Be Happy

What if I told you that you have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. You would probably say that I'm crazy. 1. I'm not crazy and 2. Happiness is a choice.You can't depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned... Read More

Psychological Therapy 32 Times More Cost Effective at Increasing Happiness ...
Science Daily (press release)
However, the research suggests that more money only leads to tiny increases in happiness and is an inefficient way to increase the happiness of a population ...
Money does not make you happy 'but therapy does'Telegraph.co.uk

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PRWeek
Coca-Cola Ambassadors travel the world for happiness
9NEWS.com
KUSA - A happiness boot camp has kicked off for three young world travelers, courtesy of Coca-Cola. Toño, of Mexico City, Mexico, Kelly, of Martelange, ...
Coca-Cola to send 'Happiness Ambassadors' around the world in social media effortDM News
Coca-Cola prepares for global tour with new brand ambassadorsPRWeek

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Escapist Magazine
Banned PSN player takes aim at Microsoft, Nintendo
GameSpot
"In federal terms, the plaintiff who relies heavily on video games for happiness, would like the federal court to decide if Nintendo is interfering with ...
Gamer Fails at Suing Sony, Goes After Microsoft and Nintendo InsteadKombo.com
Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and MicrosoftDestructoid

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PC World
Happiness on Facebook Cuts Canadian Woman's Health Care
PC World
Facebook can be a dangerous beast. As social media evolves -- and the freedom of the Internet diminishes our self-censorship -- many have run into ...

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France: GDP stays, happiness too hard to pin down
The Associated Press
PARIS — Gross domestic product — that traditional way of measuring economic growth — has won out over a new happiness index in France. ...
'Don't Worry Be Happy' May Be Part of the New Economic NormalSeeking Alpha (blog)
France to create new economic well-being statisticsForbes

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Gross National Happiness
Utne Reader Online
At the 5 th International Gross National Happiness Conference, being held this weekend at Iguassu Falls, Brazil, several hundred people from around the ...

'Too Much Happiness'
Wall Street Journal
On the first day of January, in the year 1891, a small woman and a large man are walking in the Old Cemetery, in Genoa. ...

Times Online
After a year of pain, happiness is the No 1 objective for Rafael Nadal
Times Online
Rafael Nadal is reading Flashman, by George macdonald Fraser, the novel of which PG Wodehouse wrote: “If ever there was a time when I felt that ...

NewOrleans.Com
Finding happiness in the small differences of our chorus line lives
NewOrleans.Com
That leads me to another odd pairing, the words freedom and happiness. We all know that there are people, bumper stickers, fortune cookies, and silly Dr. ...

Psychology Today (blog)
The Stuff Happiness is Made Of
Psychology Today (blog)
The quest for true happiness is perceived by many to ultimate goal of human existence. When asked what they wish for themselves, most people say that they ...

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