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Gratitude Sunday

Special Gratitude Sunday

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Gratitude Sunday

When is the last time you thought about someone you were grateful for? Have you gone a step further and told that person why you were grateful for him? This week, I wanted to share an amazing video about the power of gratitude and the impact it has on happiness.

First, subjects were given a test and asked to rate their current level of happiness. Then they were asked to think of someone who was really influential in their lives and write down as much as they could about why this person was so important. What they didn’t know was that they would have to call that person and read what they wrote. Take a look at what happens…

Here are a few things (and people) I’m grateful for today:  Continue reading “Special Gratitude Sunday” →

Gratitude Sunday

Gratitude Sunday

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Gratitude Sunday

Happy Gratitude Sunday, everyone! I hope you’ve all had a happy week. I saw this quote the other day and think it encompasses the reason that Gratitude is so important.

“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.” — Brother David Steindl-Rast

Here are 3 things I’m grateful for today: Continue reading “Gratitude Sunday” →

Paper Nostalgia

Huge Announcement: The Beginning of Paper Nostalgia

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Have you ever heard of PostSecret where you mail in your secrets? Announcing something similar called Paper Nostalgia, where you'll send in a postcard of one of your happiest memories.

You have been doing an incredible job spreading happiness through happy notes. 10,000 happy notes have been mailed out so far!

Now it’s YOUR turn to send me a note. This note will be different from the normal happy notes. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all connect through our happiest memories?

I want you to send me homemade postcards with one of your happiest memories. Similar to PostSecret (my inspiration for this project!), you’ll send me a postcard to the mailing address below with an artistic representation (can be a photo, drawing, painting, etc.) and a sentence or two about your happy memory. The memory can be big or small – anything from a life-changing event to a realization you came to. We (hopefully) have thousands of happy memories, so feel free to send as many as you’d like. One Happster may send a postcard about seeing her child’s first steps, while another may send one about seeing a beautiful sunset.  Continue reading “Huge Announcement: The Beginning of Paper Nostalgia” →

Gratitude Sunday

Gratitude Sunday

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Gratitude Sunday

It’s time again for Gratitude Sunday! A few weeks ago I introduced this tradition because I think gratitude is so important to our happiness.

There are so many benefits of practicing gratitude, but I wanted to specifically share this one with you today: In a series of experiments in the the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, listing off all the things you are thankful for were linked with a brighter outlook on life and a greater sense of positivity.

Here are 3 things I’m grateful for today:
Continue reading “Gratitude Sunday” →

Happiness

Do you See a Weed or a Wish?

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Are you challenging yourself to see the good today? 

Today, challenge yourself to:

Choose optimism over pessimism
Choose laughter over jealousy
Choose forgiveness over anger
Choose love over hatred
Choose to see a wish over a weed ♥

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Happiness

10 Happiness Quotes to Live By

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10 happiness quotes to live by

Inspirational quotes and sayings have the power to make us think about the world differently, motivate us to change, and even put us in a good mood. I find it helpful to put happiness quotes I find impactful on my bathroom mirror, on my office bulletin board and on my Pinterest board as constant reminders to not sweat the small stuff. Here are 10 happiness quotes I love:

1. “Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.”

2. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”

Continue reading “10 Happiness Quotes to Live By” →

Happiness Tips

Some Inspiration From an 8 Year Old

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Having trouble letting go of something? Maybe it’s time to take the wise words of Maura, the 8 year old, into account: “Sometimes you just need to take a nap and get over it.”

Take a nap. Leave it all behind. Start fresh. Live for now.

Wishing all of you Happsters love and happiness on this beautiful Sunday!

How do you let go of something that’s bothering you? Let me know in the comments!