Happiness never decreases by being shared. ~ Buddha
Could you use a tangible happiness boost?
On the following pages, you will find many ideas for creating delight in yourself and others.
The ideas were inspired by the book Creating Delight: Connecting Gratitude, Humor, and Play, which offers dozens of ways to help you:
- increase smiles
- reduce stress and
- spread goodwill.
This Creating Delight section is an expansion of the book’s offering based on the premise that:
When you can’t change the environment,
change the atmosphere.
Why connect gratitude, humor and play?
Because their benefits overlap. They all:
- Increase energy, refresh minds
- Reduce stress
- Boost the immune system
- Enhance creativity
- Facilitate communication, strengthen relationships
- Change perspective and help us to see problems in new ways17
- Foster greater happiness, a more hopeful outlook
- Help us savor life and live in the present
- Create a positive atmosphere in which to work/live/learn