Happiness is Like a Butterfly
There was a poem on my bedroom wall when I was a child. It was something like, Happiness is like a butterfly; The more you chase it, the more it … Continue reading Happiness is Like a Butterfly
Category: Definition of Happiness
Happiness is…
…coming home from the gym and seeing the kids lying in the grass with the babysitter so engrossed in their looking-at-the-sky game that they don’t even notice me, and I … Continue reading Happiness is…
Icelandic Happiness
In his book The Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner travels around the world in search of the secrets of happiness. Everywhere he goes, he asks the people he meets if … Continue reading Icelandic Happiness
The Little Things…
My friend Maggie (well, I haven’t seen her since middle school but I call her my “friend” because I’m an American and an avid user of Facebook and interested in … Continue reading The Little Things…
Ebb and Flow
Last week, I wrote about “flow,” the feeling of ease and contentment that comes when one is engaged in an activity in which there is a balance between challenge and … Continue reading Ebb and Flow
A Psychological Definition of Happiness
In her book, The Search for Fulfillment, Susan Krauss Whitbourne discusses the views of Karen Horney. Horney was a psychoanalyst and author of the 1937 book The Neurotic Personality of … Continue reading A Psychological Definition of Happiness
Imperfect Happiness 