we can ALL be baby unicorns
This is fricking wonderful. I've been reading and studying and paying attention to this very subject for a long, long time. And while I struggle with it myself - some days are better than others - I try to encourage my patients and their families to do the very same thing, "pay attention to what you have, not what you don't have..." But, Shawn Achor is hysterical and astonishing, really. And SPOT. ON.
Brilliant Harvard Psychologist Explains How To Achieve Long-Term Happiness In This Popular TED Talk
* Special thanks to my wifey, Claud for this fantastic contribution. Thank you, Darling!
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naiveté (is highly under-rated)
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GENERAL WELFARE!!?? WHHAAAA???
Discovering that America has a Constitution that guarantees equal rights to all Americans, the new House leadership was so impressed, they're holding a special ceremony to read the sacred document to the entire gathering of the Congress. It is hoped the new leaders will understand all of the Bill of Rights, not just those they find useful for personal gain.
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“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Imagine... Trying to ensure the happiness of one another. And thus, we'd all be better off.
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