August 8 is Happiness Happens Day. Actually, the entire month of August is Happiness Happens Month. Yeah, I didn't know this either, but according to the Secret Society of Happy People, it's true. (The society was founded in 1998...weren't people happy before that? And why on earth, does the society need to be secret? Plus are we any happier now, because we celebrate a happiness day, than we were before? Questions, all these questions, some of which I could find the answers for, if only it weren't 6:29 in the morning.)
Apparently, when the society was founded, "the emphasis on how to get happy was more about understanding what was wrong than recognizing what was right." Um, okay? I guess that means you need to figure out what is off-kilter in your life, adjust it, and hope for the best? Isn't that the negative way to go? Or is it the easiest? Is it less work on a person's part to fix what's broken than to understand what's going well and aim to do it again? I have no idea, because I'm no therapist (obviously). And I'm truly of the school that what works for one may not work for all.
But since today is Happiness Happens Day, and I think that most people deserve to be (and want to be) happy, I challenge you to really look at your life. It doesn't have to be today. I know some of you are in the midst of shopping for school supplies or putting together lectures or worrying about a job you've applied for or simply overwhelmed by the sheer amount of laundry piling up in your room. And since the whole month of August is devoted to happiness, you've got plenty of time. So sometime before the end of this month (remember, there are 31 days in it!), take a quick peek at your life, find one thing you're happy with, and try to duplicate that happiness somewhere else in your life. If you're the sort that works better from the opposite side of the spectrum (this is coming from the gal who learns how to write from trash, remember?) then identify an area where you could stand a little more happiness. And figure out how to get there!!
Ready, set, go!
Apparently, when the society was founded, "the emphasis on how to get happy was more about understanding what was wrong than recognizing what was right." Um, okay? I guess that means you need to figure out what is off-kilter in your life, adjust it, and hope for the best? Isn't that the negative way to go? Or is it the easiest? Is it less work on a person's part to fix what's broken than to understand what's going well and aim to do it again? I have no idea, because I'm no therapist (obviously). And I'm truly of the school that what works for one may not work for all.
But since today is Happiness Happens Day, and I think that most people deserve to be (and want to be) happy, I challenge you to really look at your life. It doesn't have to be today. I know some of you are in the midst of shopping for school supplies or putting together lectures or worrying about a job you've applied for or simply overwhelmed by the sheer amount of laundry piling up in your room. And since the whole month of August is devoted to happiness, you've got plenty of time. So sometime before the end of this month (remember, there are 31 days in it!), take a quick peek at your life, find one thing you're happy with, and try to duplicate that happiness somewhere else in your life. If you're the sort that works better from the opposite side of the spectrum (this is coming from the gal who learns how to write from trash, remember?) then identify an area where you could stand a little more happiness. And figure out how to get there!!
Ready, set, go!
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