Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts

July 11, 2010

Happiness Habits: Gratitude, Optimism, & Kindness

“Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug.”
-Og Mandino

All of us want our children to be happy. In fact, when you ask most parents what they want for their child, they’ll often answer, “I just want him/her to be happy.”

Unfortunately, being happy is not easy for many people. According to a Psychology Today article written by Peter Gray, “Rates of depression and anxiety among young people in America have been increasing steadily for the past fifty to seventy years.”