About Happiness is not Just an Emotion: The Twelve Essential Ingredients to Happiness, Well-Being and Fulfillment (How to find Happiness)
One of the most famous quotes about happiness is: “Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will elude, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.” Henry David Thoreau. This is very poetic, it sounds quite beautiful, but nothing could be farther from the truth.
This quote implies that happiness is a very transient emotion, over which we have no control, and that it comes and goes remaining only moments despite what we are doing or not doing.
This book takes an extremely different approach to happiness. It proposes that it is not just an emotion, but rather something we can actively achieve through our efforts when we know the ingredients of happiness. Based on the research of the last fifty years in Positive Psychology, we have found that happiness has many components. The more we apply these to our lives, the more joy and fulfillment we can enjoy in all circumstances. Psychologists tend to call this “well-being”. A sense of achievement, satisfaction, and joy permeates our lives despite adversity, stress, and hardship.
This book explains the twelve ingredients of happiness and joy, how each contributes to our overall well-being and bliss, and how to increase each aspect for a happy and fulfilling life.
Some ingredients that will be discussed and analyzed are: Building Meaningful Relationships. The Flavor of Purpose: Finding Direction in Life. Growing as a person: allowing yourself to flourish and enrich your life; The Sweetness of Kindness: Embracing Self-Care and Compassion. The Zest of Gratitude: The art of positivity and thankfulness. Giving to others, contributing to improving the world, and finding The Spiritual Essence of Life. These and other ingredients assure us of a life of higher purpose and continual joy.
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