Money Makes People Happy
Here is your Thursday STORY on: ADAPTING TO CHANGE: Often the big fear with CHANGE is the position it leaves you in. It may result in your respect being lost, your house, your job or your standing in the community. If we put too much of a value on these, then the change is feared most. At the end of the day these do have value, but what about your health, your smile and all the other values? We can often forget that in reality our health has more priority than our house. If we lose our house, we haven't lost our health, our depth of character, our smile, our honesty and our integrity. We can always get another house, but we can't always get our health fully back to its original state. Rather than see a change as the end, the sorrowful and pitiful, the miserable and frustrating; and ultimately wallow in this sadness and wonder what to do. We should realise that with every end there is a new beginning. We should forget all the pity, forget all the need for consolation and allow this period of sadness to end too. We should SEE a chance to start again, start over. What better position can we be in, if we've experienced the troubles that has caused an ENDING, we'll be aware of the pitfalls and avoid them in our new beginning. Sometimes as we stay with the moral high ground and find we suffer as a consequence, is it not the case that we're obviously putting too much value in the sufferance? If you stick with your good morals and for some reason you go down one rung of the ladder, why have you suffered? You haven't suffered, what you have done is chose to give value to the subject that's taken you down the rung of the ladder. It may have been the house you lost, when you should have considered that although the house has gone your health and fit mind remains intact. More often than not it isn't what happens in life that is the problem it is how we perceive it upon our lifestyle. If we adjust our view, we can get back on track. Today's story is the perfect illustration of keeping the moral high ground and at first thinking you've suffered a loss; but with due consideration the values had been wrong until you'd reconsidered. WHAT GOOD IS INTEGRITY? After a workshop, Paul (that's not his real name) said that he still has 10-year-old scars from the time he quit a good job rather than lie. When his boss asked him to issue a press release containing patently false statements, he refused, putting his employee badge on the table. His boss calmly handed the badge back to him saying, "Think this over. Why throw away a good job and a promising career?" Paul walked out so frustrated and frightened, he had to find a private place to cry. What's worse, he said that his act of moral courage was a meaningless waste. Someone else issued the press release and his boss's career flourished. "It took me years to find a job as good as that one and my family suffered, " he added. "So, what good did my integrity do for anyone?" Paul was looking for validation of his principled stance in the wrong places. We exercise integrity not to get what we want, but to be what we want. Integrity is not essentially about winning; it's about staying whole and being worthy of self-respect and the esteem of loved ones. It's about being honourable, not as a success strategy, but a life choice. Though Paul suffered for a time because of his moral courage, he would have suffered far worse had he betrayed his own values. While he didn't appreciate it, Paul preserved for himself and his family something far more valuable than his job -- his honour. And it's no accident that he now has a better job with no pressures to cheat or lie. (Michael Josephson, Speaker and Radio Commentator) QUOTE: 'It is not financial wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.' (W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage', 1915)
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World is a happier place than 2007: poll - Reuters
10 Feb 2012 at 12:01pm Reuters But he added that expectations of why people are happy should be carefully weighed. "It is not just about the economy and their well being. It is about a whole series of other factors that make them who they are today." Brazil and Turkey rounded out ... and more » |
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Top Seven Ways To C'Mon Get Happy - Forbes
10 Feb 2012 at 9:37am Forbes Director Roko Belic shot over 400 hours of footage all over the world?from the swamps of Louisiana to co-ops in Denmark and the streets of Japan?to explore what really makes people happy. The film has won numerous awards in nations like Mexico, ... and more » |
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Got Happiness? Where Marketing Meets the Science of Well-Being - Huffington P...
10 Feb 2012 at 7:44am Huffington Post (blog) Instead they appear to be offering something we used to think money couldn't buy -- happiness. Retailers, manufacturers, service providers all want you to know how they bring more than just "good things to life," they can make you happy too. |
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Government cannot make you happy - The Union Leader
9 Feb 2012 at 10:46pm The Union Leader Other things that make people happy are religion, having family and friends you care about, giving to others (face to face or via charity) and money. Actually, money makes you happier if you're miserably poor. But once you have a certain amount ... and more » |
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How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy - The Atlantic
9 Feb 2012 at 9:34pm The Atlantic ?We were quite surprised to find the cysts?the parasite's dormant form?all over the brain in what otherwise appeared to be a happy, healthy rat,? she says. Nonetheless, the cysts were most abundant in a part of the brain that deals with pleasure (in ... and more » |
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What really makes people happy? - Fox News
8 Feb 2012 at 9:32am Fox News Other things that make people happy are religion, having family and friends you care about, giving to others (face to face or via charity) and money. Actually, money makes you happier if you're miserably poor. But once you have a certain amount ... and more » |
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