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April 14, 2023,
It may not be as elusive as we think.
When describing the world we live in, many horrific things are unprecedented. So much has become unstable. Even the mighty United States Democracy almost crumbled. Something, about 10 years ago would be shocking to even think about.
If America falls, what happens to the rest of the world?
Here is a glimpse.
As of 2018, 70.8 million individuals have been forcibly displaced worldwide because of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations, per the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Of these, 5.5 million were Palestinian refugees, which are not under UNHCR but under UNRWA’s mandate.
Even in the United States, supposedly a stable country, according to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 130 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year.
From the ice melting to continual natural disasters, many of us feel a life under siege.
And yet, throughout it all, we still need to find a way to be happy.
To find happiness.
Sometimes a good starting place to help understand what can make us happy, despite unforeseen occurrences, is to examine studies that speak to the subject at hand.
As reported by the informative source ipsos.com, “The survey finds that, across the world, people most look to their health and well-being (both physical and mental), their family (partner/spouse and children), and having a sense of purpose as what gives them “the greatest happiness.” Next come their living conditions, feeling safe and in control, being in nature, having a meaningful job, and having more money.”
That makes great sense.
Even the old expression that money doesn’t buy happiness may be true, but a lack of it can sure make you and others who depend upon you miserable.
Money is important.
The pursuit of it to the detriment of spending time with your children, betraying important principles and values are part of the elements that would make that exclusive pursuit ultimately meaningless.
We desire a second opinion.
The long respected professionals at psychologytoday.com share, “Happiness incorporates curiosity, and the ability to tolerate risk and anxiety to discover new passions and facets of identity. It involves a balance between momentary pleasure and longer-term striving toward goals. It is abetted by friends and family who can both celebrate accomplishments and provide support after failures. Overall, being happy is to live with mindfulness, meaning, and purpose.”
Well said.
Time for a movie.
Remember, the principles of happiness basically do not change.
It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol.
The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams in order to help others in his community and whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers).
Clarence shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he did not exist.
Thought provoking.
Ask yourself a question, if you have been feeling deeply depressed.
How many lives have you touched and made a difference in their life in a positive way?
Keep trying to come up with answers to that question.
When you think about it, making other people’s lives better is completely within your control. Wouldn’t you agree? As you move forward, perhaps make that part of your mission in life.
We’re going to walk over to the bookstore. Please join along.
The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything=Have Everything Paperback – December 27, 2016
By Neil Pasricha (Author)
“The #1 international bestseller from the author of You Are Awesome and The Book of Awesome that “reveals how all of us can live happier lives” (Gretchen Rubin).
What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a New York Times–bestselling author, a Walmart executive, a father, a husband. After selling more than a million copies of the Book of Awesome series, wherein he observed the everyday things he thought were awesome, he now shifts his focus to the practicalities of living an awesome life.
In his new book The Happiness Equation, Pasricha illustrates how to want nothing and do anything in order to have everything. If that sounds like a contradiction in terms, you simply have yet to unlock the 9 Secrets to Happiness. Each secret takes a piece out of the core of common sense, turns it on its head to present it in a completely new light, and then provides practical and specific guidelines for how to apply this new outlook to lead a fulfilling life.
Once you’ve unlocked Pasricha’s 9 Secrets, you will understand counter intuitive concepts such as: Success Does Not Lead to Happiness, Never Take Advice, and Retirement Is a Broken Theory. You will learn and then master three brand-new fundamental life tests: the Saturday Morning Test, The Bench Test, and the Five People Test. You will know the difference between external goals and internal goals and how to make more money than a Harvard MBA (hint: it has nothing to do with your annual salary). You will discover that true wealth has nothing to do with money, multitasking is a myth, and the elimination of options leads to more choice.
The Happiness Equation is a book that will change how you think about pretty much everything—your time, your career, your relationships, your family, and, ultimately, of course, your happiness.”
Sounds like a great read.
If you are happy, maybe take a moment and analyze why you are. Then break it down. What can you do to help strengthen that feeling of happiness and satisfaction? It is worth making the effort to take a moment and think about it.
Stop for a moment and smell the flowers, as it were.
Then, buy some for someone you love.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee_crisis
https://www.ipsos.com/en/global-happiness-survey-march-2022
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/happiness/the-science-happiness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life
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