Want to be happy? Try being thankful first.
A scrapbook of reasons I'm glad to be alive.
When the days get shorter and the nights get longer it's easy to get blue. I start to feel a little dread around this time of year - I know it's mostly chemical - and by now I know enough to remind myself: I'm extremely lucky to be alive. So, here's a collection of the ways I remember to be grateful. First: a picture of my daughter and future son-in-law. They love me and even though they're far away, in California, they try to come visit often and are HAPPY to have me visi...

Happiness Is It Over Rated?
how happy are you right now? is the world happy or sad?
Are you happy? Exactly how happy is the world right now? What is the mood of the planet? To judge by what you see in the newspapers and on the television the world is full of bad news and unhappiness. Is our happiness affected by the news of disaster and misfortune that occurs around the world. Before the media revolution people never really had the wall to wall instantaneous coverage of news stories from all over the planet. I wonder if we are designed as human beings to emotionally cope al...

How To Be Happy Right Now
Many people at the moment are in search of a tried and true answer to happiness through whatever means they can find. "How to be Happy" is even a phrase that's searched on the Web through Google roughly 60,000 times all over the world each month. So many searches seem to be a powerful indication of dissatisfaction among the general population. There's quite a bit of advice available by self-help books and internet based sources that suggest following your heart and offering gratitude as way...