attitude of gratitude

If you have food in your fridge, cloths on your back , a roof over your head and a place to sleep you are richer then 75% of the people in the world

If you have money in your wallet, money in the bank and some left over, you are among the 8% of the wealthiest people in the world.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the agony of imprisonment and torture, or the horrible pangs of starvation you are luckier then the 500 million people alive and suffering in the world today .  

If you can read this message then you are luckier then the 3 billion people who can not read in this world.

(compiled from various info graphics from the web)

THANK YOU 

ARABIC - SHOOKRAN - SHOOKRAN jAZILIN , bARACH ALAHU FEEK

HEBREW- TODAH , TODAH RABAH

Russian- Spasiba

French- Merci

spanish - gracias

Yiddish- A dank

A smile is always in style.

To John and Pool

We can define happiness, We must

I apologize for taking so long to answer back. I have been researching the field of happiness alphabetically for the past four months, everything from apples, beer and candy to x-rays, yelling and zoology.  

Smiling, Laughter, Humor, Comedy.

I can not define what causes people to be happy, but there are basic universal aspects to happiness that we see both vertically (across the globe today) as well as horizontally (thru history)  This is the condition we will call “Happiness” It involves a biopsychosocial  state of mind.

just because different things make different people happy does not mean the actual experience of happiness is not similar for all. Some people like apple flavored beer with candy others like giraffes, they all experience similar brain patterns and chemical reactions as well as physical states  when enjoying these things.