Gay marriages: Are they the key to happiness?

Forget about the size of your brain hemisphere as related to your sexual orientation. It would not count for happiness. In an article at LA TImes, Gregory Rodriguez tell us a report found legalizing gay marriages could be related to a nations´s happiness. " Gay marriage:...

Study: World Gets Happier

Despite the anxieties of these times, happiness has been on the rise around the world in recent years, a new survey finds. The glib outlook is attributed to economic growth in previously poor countries, democratization of others, and rising social tolerance for women and...

Feeling Time Deprived on Memorial Day? Time is In Our Hands

Since Memorial Day marks the beginning of the summer season here in the U.S what could be a better topic than Time, the perceived lack of it and the pressures it brings into our daily life.A day like today should be a chance for idle time but might instead turn into cramming...

We get happier with age, study says

This is good news indeed: with age comes contentment, according to an extensive new study.The findings make sense on an intuitive level; older folk seem to know and accept themselves moreso than do idealistic youth....

Money buys happiness--when it's spent on others, study says

I'd say it's even more happiness-inducing to make a gift than it is to buy one.  Either way though, sharing feels good. Our kindergarten teachers were right."VANCOUVER (AFP) - Money can buy happiness -- as long as...

Genes instrumental in happiness

Ever notice how some people are naturally optimistic (Richard Simmons), and others not so much (Trent Reznor)?  It may not be due to any credit, or discredit, of their own.  New research suggests our...

The U-turns of happiness

During the winter doldrums, you really start to ponder on meaning of life, happiness. Happiness I find, is like finding moments of loveliness, like an albino squirrel frolicking in your backyard, or a kitchen filled...

Age 44 sucks but 70 rules: happiness study

A new study on happiness concludes that we're our mirthiest at 20 and 70, and our most miserable at 44.  Seem about right?Based on my 30 years experience, life gets better with age. Self-awareness, patience, and...

Light Is The Key To Wealth And Happiness In Feng Shui

Geomancers believe that light has linked us with an energy source and changes our ch’i with optimism. The energy (chi) obtained from light can be activated and empower people. It is with adequate amount of lighting both outdoor and indoor in your homes that would invite...

'Umbrellas of Happiness', Hand Crafted by Mr. Kitazawa (via PingMag Make)

Working from 10 in the morning sometimes until midnight (with a little afternoon nap after lunch and a break at dinner time for good measure), Mr. Kitazawa is portrayed as The Man who Makes Umbrellas of Happiness in...

Chicagoans Celebrate Obama Victory

"Both a sense of happiness and satisfaction today in Barack Obama's Hyde Park neighborhood following his win last night in Iowa. Anne Kavanagh reports from a favorite breakfast place enjoyed by the Obama family."

Thoughts On News Year's Resolutions

Resolutions?    I don't make them.  It is as simple as that.  One reason is that I amconstantly walking the fine line between self-improvement and selfacceptance.   Another reason is that I have a hard time separating the individual years, ...

The Ultimate Secret of Happiness pursuit of happiness

" The ultimate secret of happiness is subduing your ego forever and pursuing a goal of life dear to your heart. Above 99% people world over never get to pursue a life of their dreams. Some become slave to the choices of their parents, some to their teachers, others to...

How Angry Is Your City?

Interestingly enough, an Oklahoma city doesn't show up until #58 on the list. Oklahoma City, as the capitol, has that ranking. Tulsa, which, alas, is being affected more now by gangs and violent crime, wasn't cited."The last time an entire U.S. city got monumentally mad was...

Of happiness

Nearly eight centuries later, the wisdom of Sheikh Sa'di receives confirmation – if any were needed – from economic data: the more you have, the more happy you are not. Besides, economic theory – as Sa'di would have pointed out – has been proven false by recent...

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