Category Archives: Happiness

Wherever you go, there you are

Posted on August 12, 2018 by vincentsmithauthor

Mac Anderson, in his book The Road to Happiness, tells of the wisdom he picked up from an immigrant taxi driver. He said, ‘I asked him a hypothetical question: “If you could live anywhere in the world, and if money … Continue reading →

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Happiness is not the same as fun

Posted on August 12, 2018 by vincentsmithauthor

Dr Vera Ranki, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, said that the first lesson towards achieving happiness is to realize that happiness is not the same as fun. In our desperate pursuit of happiness we often forget that when we … Continue reading →

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The Golden Rule and the secret of happiness

Posted on July 25, 2017 by vincentsmithauthor

Bernard Rimland, of the Institute for Child Behavior Research, was fascinated with the subject of what it is that makes for happiness. So, he conducted a study on the principle of the Golden Rule – ‘do unto others as you … Continue reading →

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Moments of euphoric forgetfulness

Posted on November 9, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

Robert Franks, author of the best seller Luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess, claims that what we sometimes call ‘retail therapy’ doesn’t work. Decades of rapidly increasing affluence and the ‘shop til you drop’ … Continue reading →

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Happiness is like a butterfly.

Posted on April 29, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

Happiness is all about keeping things in balance. The Bible says: ‘Give me neither poverty nor riches, just give me as much as I need.’ It’s realizing when enough is enough. Anything more is great if you receive it, but … Continue reading →

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The factors which contribute most to emotional stability

Posted on April 18, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

Duke University’s landmark study on peace of mind found that the factors which contribute most to emotional stability are: the absence of resentment, not living in the past, not wasting energy fighting things you cannot change, cooperating with life instead … Continue reading →

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‘How much do you need to be happy?’

Posted on February 21, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

A survey of New Year’s resolutions discovered that of people with above average incomes: thirty three percent want to retire before age sixty five: twenty two percent want to get out of credit card debt: fifteen percent want to make … Continue reading →

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Broken hearted clowns

Posted on February 13, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

A man suffering from chronic depression once visited the famous English physician Doctor John Abernethy, who prescribed a visit to the London playhouse to hear the comedian Grimaldi: ‘He’ll do you more good than any drugs,’ he said. The patient … Continue reading →

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The happiness that makes life complete

Posted on January 22, 2016 by vincentsmithauthor

The ancient Greeks used to call the island of Cyprus: ‘the Blessed Isle.’ They considered everything about it to be ideal, its climate, fertility, its beauty, the taste of its wine and so on. They believed Cyprus had everything in … Continue reading →

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Unhappier, despite being richer

Posted on November 5, 2015 by vincentsmithauthor

In his book, ‘Britain on the Couch: Why we are unhappier Compared with Nineteen Fifty, Despite Being Richer,’ psychologist Oliver James points out that considerably more people today suffer from depression than fifty years ago and that depression is now … Continue reading →

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