The Happiness Button

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Riding a bike. Eating cake. Reading a book. Painting a picture. Petting a dog. Climbing a mountain. Being first in line. Finding a penny on the parking lot. Getting a smile from a stranger. Running. Cooking. Screaming. Playing. Bumping into old friends. Finishing a project. Playing the piano. Singing a song. Flying a kite. Eating a cookie. Watching a movie. Meeting someone new. Winning a game. Dancing. Jumping. Swimming. Twirling. Falling into bed. Buying something new. Seeing a happy baby. Helping a stranger. What do these have in common? They each bring happiness to a person. Be it momentary or prolonged-- as they remember the moment later, they each mean happiness to someone. Happiness: subjective, objective, past, present, or future-- it is everywhere and nowhere, in things or situations or moments or memories. Happiness is a perception, an attitude, one which could always be chosen in any given situation in life, but which is, unfortunately, most often 'chased' rather than 'chosen.' Contradictory much? Not really. Yes, situations were just stated to be said to bring happiness, then it’s said that it’s an attitude. It is both- but more of the latter. See, for example, Janie. Janie is having a horrible day, truly horrible- her alarm clock didn’t wake her up on time, she was out of milk for her cereal, she lost her car keys and had to take public transport, and half-way to work she realized that she left that all-important presentation sitting in her coffee table- yes, the one she spent days slaving over. She gets off the bus and has to run to catch the one back home- when she gets on, a gentleman offer her a smile, whom she quickly categorizes as a creep and sits as far away from him as she can, arrives home, runs in to get her presentation and sees a packet of cookies she was eating last night, so she grabs a few for breakfast on the way; speed-walking down

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