Listen to this: Claremont Graduate University is establishing the world's first psychology doctoral program on "What makes people happy?" Oh, wow-age!! Now, there's a concept! They say it isn't "New Age" but a program in the emerging field of positive psychology. And that it marks an advance for serious research into human happiness and related quality-of-life concerns. I'd say the time certainly has come! (article from the Chron) 'Altho the desire to live a better life is fundamental for ordinary folks -- think pursuit of happiness -- researchers long have devoted their energies elsewhere.' "Most research on human behavior has focused on what goes wrong in human affairs: aggression, mental disease, failure and so on," said Claremont prof Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. "We don't know enough about what makes life worth living, what gives people hope and energy and enjoyment" he added.
Robert Emmons, a Univ of California at Davis psych prof said "Everyone has talked about happiness from the beginning of time, but now psychology is adding to a field previously the domain of philosophers, theologians and poets." How cool is that??!! And for the record, here's my list of the top 5 (things that make me happy). And yes, it's very difficult to narrow it down to just five. But here goes:
1. loving and being loved
2. family & friends
3. pets
4. nature (communing w/, i.e. camping, going to the beach)
5. doing what you love to do -- for a living
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