"The Secret Society of Happy People"! The name itself intrigued me and I had to find out more about this club. The more I looked into it, the more I loved the concept. The motto of the Secret Society of Happy People is: "If you're happy and you know . . . tell somebody! If someone else is happy and they know it . . . listen!". The society describes its purpose as "encouraging the expression of happiness and discouraging parade-raining. Parade-rainers are people who don't want to hear your happy news". Parade-rainers! Don't we all have parade-rainers in our lives? We just didn't have a name for them before! I have mentioned in my blog that you can "fool" yourself into thinking you are happy and before you know it, you truly are happy. By focusing on positives, life is more enjoyable for you and for others around you because happiness is contagious. And that is the very root of what this wonderful society is attempting to do - create more happy people! They describe one of the side-effects of belonging to their Society in this way: "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". Happy people creating happy people! What could be simpler? By the way, this "secret" society is not so secret; they have thousands of members from over 34 countries - each one spreading happiness and joy. Being a happy person - not a parade-rainer . . . . it's a good thing!
Hi Rose...well it took a lot of diggin' to find you, but I'm glad I did. There are a lot of rose colored glassessss out there!
ReplyDeleteSo nice to meet you in class last night! I truly admire Lynda's teaching ability, and know we'll have fun in the class.
Have you decided on a "house" or "home" yet? It's off to Edmonton for us today, but I'm sure some writing will be accomplished on the way!
Happy Thanksgiving!