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.
Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning, truth and beauty can't.
You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.
The Holy Spirit gives us joy. And he is joy. Joy is the gift in which all the other gifts are included. It is the expression of happiness, of being in harmony with ourselves, that which can only come from being in harmony with God and with his creation. It belongs to the nature of joy to be radiant; it must communicate itself. The missionary spirit of the Church is none other than the impulse to communicate the joy which has been given.
Enjoying life is far superior to being graded on your performance in life.
When I see myself as an old woman, I just think about being happy. And hopefully, I'll still be fly.
My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
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