We have to recognize that we can help increase happiness of other people by reaching out, and building connections. People have done that for me in my life. There have been many times that my family and friends have reached out to help support me and contributed to my emotional wellbeing, and ultimately to my health.
Interpretation
Helping others and building connections can enhance both their happiness and our own.
This quote emphasizes the importance of social connections in promoting happiness and emotional wellbeing. The author reflects on personal experiences where support from family and friends significantly contributed to his health and happiness, suggesting that reaching out and fostering relationships can create a positive impact on ourselves and others.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a community gathering to inspire volunteers to support each other.
I think sometimes in the focus on deep friendships and on romantic relationships, we can lose sight of how important the small connections we make are with strangers and with people that we may encounter for just a few seconds or a few minutes, whether it's the barista at our coffee shop or the stranger next to us on the subway.
Without strong communities, we cannot pull together during times of hardship. Our diversity turns from a source of strength to a source of conflict.
One of the things that happens in our regular lives is that when we're in moments of pain or feeling alone, we may hesitate to reach out to others because we may think - they're not going through the same experiences I am.
There's a tremendous sense of shame that people who are lonely feel. I say that as someone who felt ashamed of being lonely as a child and even at points during adulthood.
Our health care workers are the heroes of the Covid-19 response.
What you quickly realize once you commit to getting more sleep is it can increase your productivity, it can improve your mood. And that doesn't just help you at work, but it helps you be the kind of person you want to be with your family and your friends and that's ultimately what matters most.
I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.
We're just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else.
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having.
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness
I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.
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