Self-Help Happiness Blog

In her latest newsletter, Lynda Goldman tells of a trip to LA where she got on a bus expecting a tour of the city…until she started seeing signs for the airport. 

“He apologized, and said he always told people that we were on a collector bus to meet our tour. Because he did this every day, he assumed he had told us what we needed to know.  What a bad start to the tour. Instead of being happy passengers, we were all filled with anxiety, not knowing where we were going. ”

I know I am often guilty of this.  Guilty.  Guilty.  Guilty.  It is so important not to assume that other people know what we are thinking.  Why take the chance of creating stress, having to redo things or simply making people feel bad.

Let’s communicate. 

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Joyce Brothers has come out with a Happiness Quiz.  Nothing startling there, but still a good little quiz to start your day off right.  Or end it right. 

Hmm.  Wouldn’t the world be a lot better off if we could forget about this culture of getting, and instead spend a little time just enjoying the overabundance that we already have?  Here’s a song about that…