Good Day Brave Hearts
Have you smiled today? Are you enjoying yourself? Is this a good day for you? Maybe it’s a great day for you. A day of Sharing and Caring. A day of happiness.
International Day of Happiness | United Nations
What does happiness mean to you? Is it a warm hug? A kiss from your dog? Fellowship with loved ones or friends? There are so many ways to enjoy your life, from the sports arenas to colouring books, reading your favourite authors, to exploring the land, gardening, crafts, singing and praising, sharing and caring. The world needs your fine mind and your pursuits of achievement. Happiness is part of your achievements. Its a goal to set, to find ways to enjoy your life, in a healthy, safe and law abiding manner. It strengthens the community, builds ties with others and creates networks of like minded people to help you with your pursuits.
There’s a strength in being happy.
Happiness: What It Really Means and How to Find It
Happy people live longer, have more meaningful relationships and give more community support. There’s real value in social support, engaging with others and trying to solve issues of hardship. There’s also real value in play. The chance to stretch your legs, play a game and just enjoy the fun of life. Having fun and spending time with people who you enjoy is a fulfilling past time. It’s also very important to your life, to nurture your sense of well being. Positive interactions with others, doing things that make you happy, helping someone else, provides positive interactions and positive reinforcement.
There is much to be gained in making contributions to your community. Some contributions are time, some are goods, some are expertise and volunteering, some is financial, but whatever it is, the overall contributions, helps to take care of another.
Gratitude is an important factor in happiness and happiness improves overall health and well being. It’s important to be happy and to pursue goals which help to improve happiness. This helps with personal relationships, work force relationships and general public contacts. Gratitude comes with sharing and caring. It has a relationship. It’s the joy of giving and the joy of receiving.
So happiness is a means to an end and finding happiness in your life is a life long pursuit. It’s so important, that the pursuit of happiness is included in the American Declaration of Independence and listed as an unalienable right, rather than a pursuit, or a quest. People have the right to be happy. People have the right to enjoy themselves, to have fun, to engage in healthy social pursuits. People have the right to live a good life. A good life comes with a good community, with fellowship and friends, with enjoyable social and recreational pursuits. It’s being able to participate in the things that you enjoy. They say that the good things in life are free, but you have to make those good things occur. Family, friends, supportive people in your life, these will help to make you happy and happiness can come without financial burden. It’s the gifts of sharing and caring that help to ease hunger, give shelter, clothing and supplies and make a happier world for those in need.
Happiness is for all of us.
Happy International Happiness Day
written by Dr. Louise E Hayes
March 19, 2025