Endurance
Happiness Through Delayed Gratification
I’ve written before about the power of focusing your mind and how it can help you change your mood. That same power of focus can also help you in situations where you find your willpower tested. According to The Power Of Delaying Gratification on the Happiness in this World site, if you find yourself tempted […]
Visiting The World’s Happiest Places
In the National Geographic book Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zone Way, Dan Buettner discusses four places around the globe that have been ranked the happiest places in the world. Mexico, Denmark, Singapore, and San Luis Obispo, California are said to be among the world’s happiest places. Check out The World’s Happiest Places: From San […]
Finding Happiness During Tragedy
“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.” ~ His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama When tragedies like the theater shooting on July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado happen, […]
The Happiness Machine
During my teenage years I read a lot of science fiction. Writers like Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury. Bradbury died earlier this summer, June 5, at the age of 91 after a long illness. During his 91 years though he wrote some great novels, short stories, and essays. Among those was a […]
Make Someone Happy
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Hugging Can Make You Happy
Researcher Paul Zak says that a minimum of eight hugs a day can help you feel better. According to Zak, the hugs increase the level of oxytocin in your body and that makes you feel good. He says oxytocin is the “moral molecule” and says it’s the “social glue that keeps society together.” Finding the […]
Is Doing Nothing The Key To Happiness?
Mark Hyman, M.D. is a four-time New York Times best-selling author, is a practicing physician, and founder of The UltraWellness Center. In his article Why Doing Nothing Is The Key To Happiness, he explains how calming the mind and doing nothing can help us better notice the world around us and become more awake and […]
Another Reason To Be Happy
According to a University of Michigan researcher being optimistic and happy may reduce your risk of a stroke: Optimism may lower stroke risk To your happiness!
