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Happy Trails!The Wondrous Search for Happiness and Where to Find It

AGENDA

Move away from unhappinessMove towards happinessMake others happyARE YOU HAPPY?

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We get tired of looking for happiness and even begin to think it can no longer be found.

We create happiness...The Concept of Happiness

Clouds of Our Unhappiness

1. ApatheticClouds of Our Unhappiness

2. UnhealthyClouds of Our Unhappiness

3. Stuck in the PastClouds of Our Unhappiness

4. Feeling HopelessClouds of Our Unhappiness

5. UnappreciativeClouds of Our Unhappiness

?Clouds of Our Unhappiness

5. Unappreciative

4. Feeling Hopeless?3. Stuck in the Past2. Unhealthy1. Apathetic

We have to make a space in our lives for happiness.

Red Light: What things in my do I life need to STOP in order to be happier?Yellow Light: What things in my life do I need to be CAREFUL about as I pursue greater happiness?Green Light: What will I GO after and no longer put off in order to be happy?

Happiness is not something ready-made.

It comes from your own actions.

- Dalai Lama

Those who are happy CHOOSE to be.

Happy ChildSad AdultMoving Towards Happiness

12 Therapeutic Lifestyle ChangesAccomplishments taking a positive self-assessmentExercise keeping your body activeNutrition selecting healthy foodsNature noticing the world aroundCharity doing things for othersRelationships connecting with peopleRecreation making time for funRelaxation releasing of tension and stressSpiritual being a part of something biggerLearning learning new thingsAdventure planning travel and other experiencesActs of Kindness making others happyMake Others Happy

Make Others Happy

Acts of KindnessDO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY?

Choose to be happyMake others happyBe happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt to find happiness.

William E. Gladstone

Thank you!Happy Trails!The Wondrous Search for Happiness and Where to Find It