12 Ways to Be Happy

I found the cutest cartoon by Monica Sheehan on the last page of the December/January issue of Real Simple Magazine. It listed 12 ways to be happy, and I wanted to share them with everyone, since we're all thinking about New Year's Resolutions:

Be Happy

Have a Sense of Wonder.

Stay Inspired.

Help Others.

Do Things You're Good At.

Read Books.

Limit Television.

Love Your Work.

Exercise.

Face Your Fears.

Believe in Yourself.

Stay Close to Friends and Family.

Let Your Heart Be Your Guide.

[Meenah]

I like this list, thanks.
Luanne

Thanks for this list.

Dures

I thought to share the following list with you all, as well. I heard it this morning on talk radio on my way to work and esp. liked #1,6,8,12.

http://www.charactercounts.org/knxwk286.htm#4

1. People are just about as happy as they’re willing to be. (Lincoln)

2. Don’t mistake pleasures for happiness. They’re a different breed of dog. (Josh Billings)

3. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (Eleanor Roosevelt

4. The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat. (Lily Tomlin)

5. Think about what you want people to say about you after you die and live backward. (unknown)

6. He who throws dirt loses ground. (unknown)

7. When you are in a hole, stop digging. (unknown)

8. Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplify, simplify. (Thoreau)

9. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. (James Dean)

10. We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. (unknown)

11. We are what we repeatedly do. (Aristotle)

12. The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more./ Whine less, laugh more. / Talk less, listen more. / Want less; give more. / Hate less, love more. / Scold less, praise more. / Fear less, hope more (Michael Josephson)

[houseelf]

Thanks for sharing these! I have really enjoyed reading them.

Kelly

I especially liked #9! Thats a great quote!

-Jess