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Happiness doesn't depend on possessions Bonnie Titley Editor's note: Character Fort Collins is a nonprofit organization that emphasizes the enhancement of good character throughout the community. Each month, a different character trait is highlighted. For August, the trait is "contentment: realizing that true happiness does not...

The happiness you can grow Phra Paisan Visalo, the abbot of Mahawan forest monastery in Chaiyaphum, discusses how we can achieve true and lasting happiness True happiness cannot be bought. It is something we have to cultivate ourselves. There is a Chinese saying that "if you want...

A happiness story from Positive Psychology News Daily What Gets Measured Gets Managed Posted: 25 Aug 2007 06:00 AM CDT By Rosie Milner Rosie Milner is a MAPP student at the University of East London. A Cambridge University philosophy graduate, Rosie has worked as a...

The pursuit of national happiness Ruut Veenhoven, who created the World Database of Happiness in 1999, poses in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Veenhoven's database ranks Canada in the top 15. ASSOCIATE PRESS August 23, 2007 The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan long ago dispensed with the notion of...

Please consider and enjoy the following two quotes and my happiness versions. When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. - Viktor Frankl, 1905-1997, Austrian Neurologist and Psychiatrist When the situation or events around us are not...

Queenstown champion brings ray of ê¢__‘–Happiness" to community 23 August 2007 Local volunteer, Julie Yeo, was today named Queenstown's first Ultimate Community Champion for her invaluable contribution to community organisations. Julie works as a volunteer to prevent family violence in the community for the Wakatipu Abuse Prevention Network...

"The three grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for." --Alexander Chalmers, Scottish writer...

Here at The Happiness Institute we've always considered good quality relationships to be crucial to happiness and within that, we know that open and effective communication is vital for building and maintaining positive relationships. As such, the following story that appears in today's SMH comes...

Women and Money: Money equals security, which can lead to happiness Monday, August 20, 2007 Cherry Hill Courier Post The folks at the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania have come up with a questionnaire that's been getting a lot of press. Yet nowhere in the Authentic...