Welcome to the March 11, 2007 edition of happiness carnival.

Albert Foong presents Happiness: What is your relationship to you? Part 1 posted at Personal Development - The teachings of the Urban Monk.

Tamara Rasokas presents What I Learned at the Top of the World posted at savethebook.com, saying, “I believe not enough of us […]

All of your problems are thinking problems. 

You think you do not have enough money
You think your spouse should do what you say
You think your parents made errors raising you as a child
You think your children should be obedient
You think terrorism is a global problem

Your unique set of problems say more about you than they […]

Your story is a powerful tool that you can use to increase your happiness.
Imagine a situation without a story. Imagine you are a man being visited by a woman from far away.
As the man, you have to power to create any story about the situation that you would like.
As you create the story, you would choose the details that […]

Arguably, there is one skill even more important than the skill needed to install happiness in your daily life. This skill is the one used to notice when you are not happy and then get happy once again. It is the skill used to stay happy, even after a setback.
Anyone can initially get on the happiness bandwagon […]

Sport, for example, basketball and football, can bring great happiness. Sport increases physical vitality and mental sharpness. Sport is a great pleasure with many benefits.
It is not sport itself, but how one thinks about sport that can get out of hand and produce unhappiness. Within the realm of sporting events, there is danger from taking the wins […]