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I just found out that today, Sunday, August 8th, is officially Happiness Happens Day. Sorry for the short notice. I know it doesn't give you much time to get your happy on, but, more good news, August is Happiness Happens Month!
I am not sure why I have never heard of Happiness Happens Month, after all, it is in its 11th year. In fact, Happiness Happens Day has been celebrated since 1998. Maybe it is because it was founded by the Secret Society of Happy People (SOHP). A well kept secret? In a way, after all, have you heard about it? Yet there are thousands of members from over 34 countries. In fact, it has over 9,000 friends on Facebook. That's a lot of happy people.
I like their mission statement, "To help people recognize more happiness and encourage them to talk about it. Side-effect:Since happiness is contagious, if more people are recognizing and talking about it then more people will be happy. And ultimately, our world needs more happy people."
If you check out the website at www.SOHP.com, you will find links to all sorts of happy things - like the 12 Happiness Happens Month questions you can mail to your friends. You`ll also find info about the Happython ambassadors and you can order happiness work kits. SOHP is on twitter, has blogs articles on Facebook. What fun!
Their motto is`If you`re happy and you know it...tell somebody! If someone else is happy and they know it...listen!
So what does SOHP want you to do during Happiness Happens Month? They want you to, ...`take a few moments to simply observe how others think and feel about happiness." From what I can figure out they come from the perspective that people experience happiness for different reason(which they call happily-one-of-a-kind) but we all just want to be happy. They suggest that we share with others what makes us happy and that we listen when others want to share happy moments. That way we can spread joy and happiness will become contagious. I like that!
In the spirit of Happiness Happens Month I am going to pay particular attention to other peoples happiness. I am going to notice when happiness seems to be unfolding around me. I am going to listen when people want to share their happy moments with me. I am going to make August a happy month! Care to join me?
Happiness Happens Month
I just found out that today (Sunday, August 8th) is officially Happiness Happens Day. Sorry for the short notice. I know it doesn’t give you much time to get your happy on, but, more good news, August is Happiness Happens Month!
I am not sure why I have never heard of Happiness Happens Month, after all it is in its 11th year. In fact, Happiness Happens Day is in its 13th year. Maybe it’s because it was originated by the Secret Society of Happy People (SOHP). A well kept secret? In a way, after all, have you heard about it? Yet there are thousands of members from over 34 countries. In fact, there are over 9,000 people who like their Facebook page. That’s a lot of happy people.
I like their mission statement, “”To help people recognize more happiness and encourage them to talk about it. Side-effect: Since happiness is contagious if more people are recognizing and talking about it then more people will be happy. And ultimately, our world needs more happy people.”
If you check out the SOHP website at www.SOHP.com you will find links to all sorts of happy things – like the 12 Happiness Happens Month Questions you can mail to your friends. You’ll also find info about the Happython and Happython ambassadors and happiness work kits. SOHP is on twitter, they have blog articles and they are on Facebook. What fun!
Their motto is: If you’re happy and you know it...tell somebody! If someone else is happy and they know it...listen!
So what does SOHP want you to do during Happiness Happens Month? They want you to, ...”take a few moment to simply observe how others think and feel about happiness.” From what I can figure out they come from the perspective that people experience happiness for different reasons (which they call, “happily-one-of-a-kind”) but we all just want to be happy. They suggest that we share with others what make us happy and that we listen when others want to share happy moments. That way we can spread joy and make happiness contagious. I like that.
In the spirit of Happiness Happens Month I am going to pay particular attention to other peoples happiness. I am going to pat attention when happiness seems to be unfolding around me. I am going to listen when people want to share their happiness with me. I am going to make August a happy month! Want to join me?
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