Happiness

How far would you travel for a moment of joy?Come for a walk with me down McDougall Street in harbourside Kirribilli. You’ll be joined by people from all over greater Sydney. Not exaggerating. Our best street for jacarandas draws people…

Are you happy? Of course, you are. But only sometimes. Suppose you eat chocolate with the wrapper. You enjoy the chocolate, but periodically have to spit out the foil. Similarly, our happiness is intercepted by bouts…

A young girl was once walking on a lonely street, unhappy with herself. She was not beautiful like others. “My friends are happy because they have boyfriends and since I am not beautiful, nobody is coming to me.” With…

Children, knowingly or unknowingly, we seek happiness through every action. We long to be free from all sorrow. Our search, however, may not be an informed or mindful one. Every experience of sorrow carries a message.…

Knowledge is power’ goes the adage. This is an axiomatic truth relevant to all times and ages. As far as power is concerned, it has two components—the first is pure unsullied knowledge and the second is consciousness.…

Only 57 studies made the cut and the top five most recommended strategies to boost happiness were surprising.The importance of gratitudeDunn and her team concluded that there was reasonably solid evidence that gratitude practices can…

A still from ‘Happiness for Beginners’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Helen (Ellie Kemper) knows what she wants: to reset her life. The wilderness survival course that her younger brother Duncan (Alexander Koch) convinces her to go on might just…

Popular perceptions make us feel that money can buy us happiness. The toys we loved as kids, our first apartment, our first car and our first vacation were all procured through currency. It improves our standard of…

Bringing home a bouquet of lilies from the farmers market, grocery store, or florist adds an instantly cheerful ambiance to any home. They make all who enter feel special and…

Express News Service Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days ends with a plain but peerless shot—an extended closeup of its protagonist Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) gently smiling, looking up at the sky with a mix of gratitude and bliss,…