If we could gift you one thing to achieve total happiness what would it be? What do you think it would it take to make you happy? Endless money? Cars? A nice house? A big family? Vacations? Success in your career? Those are all nice thoughts, but the truth is none of that will make you instantly happy. A study from the World Happiness Database shows that only we have the power to make ourselves happy. Happiness changes over time. The changes are not instigated by better circumstances, but rather by better methods of dealing with life. Elderly people tend to be wiser and … [Read more...]
“Happy” the Movie
"Search the world for the secrets to life's greatest emotion." That was the goal of the people behind the making of the 2012 documentary "Happy" and the movement that it started. Roko Belic, director of the Academy Award nominated “Genghis Blues," and his team set out around the world, from Louisiana to Namibia to Brazil and more to find out just what exactly happiness meant to people. What they found were powerful human stories that lends a little bit of insight into this incredible emotion. From their travels, the "Happy" team learned many tips to happiness from people of different … [Read more...]