Journalist David Brooks has some good advice for happiness: “I can’t resist concluding this column with some kernels of consumption advice accumulated by the prominent scholars Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daniel T. Gilbert and Timothy D. Wilson. Surveying the vast literature of happiness research, they suggest: Buy experiences instead of things; buy many small pleasures instead [...]
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Things to ponder : 02 September 2011
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Things to ponder : 21 January 2011
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National Geographic has launched a series of articles on the world’s population reaching seven billion this year. Some of the fascinating facts from the magazine : “In 1975 only three cities worldwide topped ten million – today there are 21 such megacities. Before the 20th century, no human had lived through a doubling of the [...]
Things to ponder: 12 November 2010
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, July 4, 1776 The above phrase is famous from the Declaration of [...]
Things to ponder: 15 October 2010
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“Earthquakes and aftershocks: the things that turn us into brothers, the glue that binds our broken country together.” Beltrán Soler, a seismologist in Alberto Fuguet’s novel The Movies of My Life He would have to add the miraculous rescue of the 33 miners who were trapped underground for 69 days to that list. I will [...]
Things to ponder: 13 August 2010
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If you want just one piece to help put life in perspective, the article by Christopher Hitchens is it. Have a good weekend. – Hitchens manages to remain sarcastic and funny while writing about his cancer diagnosis: “Of course my book hit the best-seller list on the day that I received the grimmest of news [...]
Things to ponder: 23 July 2010
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Some inspiring reads from this week – have a good weekend. – things the grandkids should know; this wonderful list is full of things everyone should know; – I would add tweet less, kiss more to the list: “Let’s put down at least some of these gadgets and spend a little time just being ourselves” [...]
Are you living or just existing ?
Posted in Serendipity, tagged happiness on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I was lucky enough to spend a week with some old friends. We have known each other long enough that I went to their wedding and this year is their 20th anniversary. In addition I’ve had the absolute pleasure of watching their two sons grow up and develop their own wonderful, and very [...]
