If our Lives are like Books
We no doubt have many
LINES
PARAGRAPHS
PAGES
CHAPTERS
LARGE SECTIONS
we would rip out
So others would never see them
and we just might be able to forget them
b u t
if we could just learn from our mistakes
(especially the ones we make repeatedly)
we just might find
that we have no regrets
but some
MONUMENTAL MEMORIES. . .
HappiMESS
What brings a Smile to your face?
Are you Happy?
What made you that way. . .
A person. . .
A place. . .
A possession. . .
An object. . .
An Act. . .
An animal. . .
A Dream. . .
A Destination. . .
What makes you Happy?
Martin Seligman, the Papa of Positive Psychology,
Theorizes that about 60% of Happiness
is actually determined
by our genetics and environment. . .
The remaining 40%
is up to U S. . .
Seligman more than hints
that really HAPPY PEOPLE
have habits that can actually
Be introduced
into their everyday lives. . .
T R U E
o r
F A L S E ?
I can’t tell you
The TWELVE WAYS TO OPEN YOUR HEART
or HOW TO NEVER HAVE A SAD MOMENT
not bad titles for books or articles
but it seems that Being
A C A R I N G C A T A L Y S T
and being Happy have a lot of similarities. . .
B O T H
Put Others First
B O T H
Put Character Before Conformity
B O T H
Put WE before ME
B O T H
Place Cause before Comfort
B O T H
Place Risk before Reward. . .
Seligman spoke of three kinds of
H A P P Y L I V E S:
P L E A S A N T
(only seeking pleasure)
E N G A G E D
(investing in work or others)
M E A N I N G F U L
(living for something larger than yourself)
It’s really more than a
M A Y B E
isn’t it?
Ultimate
A u t h e n t i c
H a p p i n e s s
comes in giving ourselves
to something larger
than ourselves. . .
The t r u t h ?
The difference between
H A P P I N E S S
and a
H A P P I M E S S
is more than just one letter removed
from the alphabet. . .
But maybe you have another idea. . .
S H O W M E