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10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy by Jen Angel β€” YES! Magazine

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1:08 PM Oct 29 2012

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Does smiling make you happy, or does being happy make you smile?

Or both?

1:27 PM Oct 29 2012

smiling makes you happy. you can induce happiness by smiling. I learned that personally back in my waitress days.

3:06 PM Oct 29 2012

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So smiling begets smiling?

It's like passing along a fire from one torch to another. Cool.

3:40 PM Oct 29 2012

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LAUGHING makes me immensely happy.

7:55 PM Oct 29 2012

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Can you laugh without smiling?

9:43 PM Oct 29 2012

I can't.

5:10 AM Oct 31 2012

I don't believe anyone can, Geege.

laugh without smile

6:51 PM Oct 31 2012

Villains?

7:50 PM Oct 31 2012

Actually, all of these villains are smiling as they laugh: http://pandawhale.com/convo/7534/maniacal-laugh-gifs

10:42 PM Oct 31 2012

I'm wondering what "devalue money" means.

We need money to eat. Do they mean not to let money rule us?

3:01 PM Oct 29 2012

"Put Money Low on the List

People who put money high on their priority list are more at risk for depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem, according to researchers Tim Kasser and Richard Ryan. Their findings hold true across nations and cultures. β€œThe more we seek satisfactions in material goods, the less we find them there,” Ryan says. β€œThe satisfaction has a short half-lifeβ€”it’s very fleeting.” Money-seekers also score lower on tests of vitality and self-actualization."

3:07 PM Oct 29 2012

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Right, but we need some money to live.

We just need to not let it be the only goal or even the main goal.

3:41 PM Oct 29 2012

I do think say thank you is an important one.

Not just for happiness, but for well-being.

3:02 PM Oct 29 2012

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Gratitude has long been closely correlated with happiness, from gratitude to god/life/etc to gratitude to other people.

3:08 PM Oct 29 2012

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It's easy to be grateful when I'm happy.

It's not as easy to be grateful when I'm unhappy.

So I guess the key is to maintain -- not let myself get too unhappy.

3:42 PM Oct 29 2012

no, the key is to act AS IF you were happy, and you will become happy. that's what's amazing.. if you smile, you become happy. if you stop and say thank you, you become happy. happy doesn't lead, it follows. And that is what science has discovered that is so amazing. You can be happy be acting happy.

8:18 PM Oct 31 2012

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There's a tension between being and becoming.

If I hear you correctly, we can become happy by being happy.

That sounds like magic.

10:44 PM Oct 31 2012

You act happy as you put one foot in front of the other. Eventually, you arrive at true happiness.

5:34 AM Nov 04 2012

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