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“Many struggle with situations at work or home that cannot be altered or avoided. You may find yourself talking with friends and family about increasing levels of stress. It can feel like happiness is more illusive than ever before.

Happiness is different things to different people. To some, it is a life without doubt, anger or sadness. To others, it is the ability to receive pleasant things or to focus on what is good rather than fixing what is wrong. In finding the route to happiness, I am defining happiness as an internal state, usually positive, based on your feelings, traits and strengths. According to Martin Seligman, founder of Positive Psychology and author of Authentic Happiness (2002), there are three levels of happiness:

the pleasurable life

the good life

the meaningful life.

Exciting research shows that although there is a genetic link for depression, happiness can be learned or increased because it is not something that happens to you. It is something you make happen. In addition to Seligman, Mihaly Csikszentmehalyi and Dan Baker have conducted research over the last decade on “Flow” and happiness. This information gives you more insight into how to increase levels of happiness, gratification and/or meaning in your life.”

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A truly wonderful article about the Science of Happiness.  This article sites what is necessary to develop the habits of happiness that will lead to a more gratifying and purposeful life.  These are the Character Education lessons that all children need.  According to Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, these lessons are best taught during the open window of opportunity of youth (between 8 and 15 yrs. old) after which time it becomes increasingly difficult to instill these lessons.