Although I have been busy posting comments on this blog and, among other things, writing my next book (details to be announced soon!) I've also been having a great time lately, enjoying a few week's break and even now, enjoying a somewhat quieter time of...
As mentioned in an earlier posting, a week or two ago, I spent some time during my recent break enjoying one of the many beautiful, natural settings in Queensland. As part of this I ventured, along with my family, on a nature walk during...
I've just seen one of the latest animation movies tantalisingly called "Happy Feet". It's only indirectly about happiness, and it certainly is a good film with some powerful and worthwhile messages, but in the context of this happiness blog I'd like to present a few...
It can easily and validly be argued that depression and misery are common, in fact ubiquitous. If we're seeking happiness should we then, try to fight it or accept it - or can we do both? A relatively new, modified version of cognitive...
This new movie, "The Pursuit of Happyness", has been receiving much attention of late. It sounds like an inspirational and moving story and I'm looking forward to seeing it. Click here to read a local review. Anything that prompts people to consider their lives...
"Anything you're good at contributes to happiness." - Bertrand Russell...
Many years ago I remember being fascinated and stimulated by the writings of Ayn Rand (author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged). Just today, I stumbled across the website of the Ayn Rand Institute and found the following quote attributed to Ayn Rand: "My...
Every New Years Eve millions of people make resolutions to be fitter, thinner, richer, happier or something else-ier! In the majority of cases these resolutions end up being nothing but...