Comments on: You can be happier by reading this post

By: Jonha @Happiness

Jonha @Happiness — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:34:06 +0000

The post didn't make me happier but it sure made me realize that if there's something I badly want, I need to focus on it and every detail of my life and activities should be centrifugally focused towards achieving it.

By: Joaquin De la Sierra

Joaquin De la Sierra — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:27:17 +0000

They say that you can become happier in many different ways. I don't think that reading a blog post is one of them. However I did learn a lot by reading your post and I do think that knowledge is happiness, or at least for me.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:41:51 +0000

I'm happier now.

Thank you so much.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:41:00 +0000

Great article. The idea is to be happy. Who doesn't want to be happy? We live all our lives trying to be happy in whatever way we can. Funny thing is, we wont be even having this discussion if all of us just went ahead and made up our minds on being happy.

"A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be." Abraham Lincoln

"Fifty-plus years of living have taught me that ol' Abe is right about this one"

Thanks for the simple yet wise words…

By: Panos

Panos — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:04:03 +0000

Very interesting blog Penelope and makes me think a bit of Maslow's concept of autorealization or self fulfillment. However also hard to achieve that happiness and focus when other needs are not fulfilled…

By: mark boyle

mark boyle — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:28:06 +0000

There are many things that make you happy, but everyone's different & unique. I try to concentrate on things that make me happy & try to put myself in pleasent situations whenever possible. I try to avoid areas which can lead to stress or unpleasantness & concentrate on areas of potential happiness & fufillment. Health & happiness & the two best ingredients in life.

Mark :)

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By: Nathan Rodriguez

Nathan Rodriguez — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:16:03 +0000

Nice article, thanks for the information.

By: Marshall Wayne

Marshall Wayne — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:26:12 +0000

Penelope, I'm also from Wisconsin. Chetek Wisconsin originally. A tiny north western town and now I live in Eau Claire. Like you though I've lived elsewhere for the rest of my adult life before returning here.

I've lived in Omaha, D.C., and Cambridge MA in that order.

I liked living in each of those cities for different reasons. I've realized though that I see my life as an adventure so wherever I am I carry that with me.

I don't know that people are happier in Wisconsin. Maybe. If so I think it's because many of the people I know do not know what else is out there.

They think this is it. It's not. If they had a glimpse of the rest of the world I have a feeling they wouldn't be as happy.

By: Marshall Wayne

Marshall Wayne — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:22:55 +0000

I'm fine if she edits. She isn't under any obligation to live her life by having people talk negatively about her in her own personal space.

However I've seen many negative posts that people have written and she hasn't taken them out.