Very Happy Phil

Hello Very Happy People!

Happy people have a meaningful life. They spend part of their day, week or life doing something which is of benefit to someone or something significant. A meaningful life is a regular commitment to the service of others e.g. homeless, environment, poor, mentally ill, learning difficulties, abused humans or animals, something significant.

I will give you an example; I enjoy writing my weekly emails but I only realise and appreciate that they my email each week is meaningful if I get a reply like, "Hi Phil had a really rotten week and lots going wrong came in today feeling very down and pessimistic but read your mail and surprisingly enough feel bit better!!! Worry a bit less thanks". I carry out the task of writing emails on happiness and giving talks on happiness in order to help increase the happiness of others. I find these tasks meaningful when I know I am helping! So if you find my emails increase your happiness or if you find following the advice from my emails increase your happiness let me know please. Thanks.

Here are a few of my favourite quotes which inspire me;

"Happy people dedicate themselves to meaning. They have a lot of "fun", but they also spend much of their time in meaningful pursuits- activities and projects that they find significant and important. What's important to you? What do you do that holds meaning and significance? If you don't know, you need to think about it. If you do know, you ought to spend some of your time each week doing the things that are really meaningful to you."
- Michael W. Fordyce, Ph.D. 'Human Happiness; Its Nature and Its Attainment'

"There's a…kind of life that human animal craves- a life on which there are no biological constraints at all. That is the meaningful life. The..happy life, the meaningful life, consists of identifying your signature strengths and then using them to belong to and in the service of something that you believe is much larger than you are."
-Martin E.P. Seligman Ph.D. 'A life worth living'

"Scholars distinguish three kinds of "work orientation"; a job, a career and a calling. You do a job for the paycheck at the end of the week. A career entails a deeper investment in work. You you're your achievements through money but also through advancement. Callings, by definition require service to a greater good in addition to a passionate commitment. Any job can become a calling and any calling can become a job."
-Martin E.P. Seligman Ph.D. 'Authentic Happiness'

Have a HAPPY day!

KEEP HAPPY!

Very Happy Phil

Remember,
"Happy people have a meaningful life! They dedicate part of their life to helping others."
– Very Happy Phil

-PS Thank you for your feedback;
"Bravo
Great email dude.....decide to be happy......"
-DT