"Look at my new bike, Mom," said the young boy. Ralph had long wanted a new bike. He was so happy, he could scarcely contain his emotions. "Wow, life is wonderful, I'm so thrilled I could die," he ...

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Happiness can be experienced at a surface level, but joy comes from deep within people and can remain even during difficult or challenging experiences, Bishop Kevin Kenney said.

This Thanksgiving, as we light our candles and count our blessings, as we raise our glasses and make our toasts, as we bow ...

There is a lot of talk about happiness. Books, media, and speakers focus on happiness. Many claim it is our fundamental right to be happy, though I’m not sure why they believe so. Happiness is a ...

I came across a wonderful quote from the online newsletter, Elephant Journal: Around the same time, I reconnected with Kaia Roman. I quoted her in a previous article about mindfulness for kids at ...

Author Arthur Brooks brings along counterintuitive ideas about happiness as a habit, the difference between joy and happiness, public vs. anonymous philanthropy, and how the pursuit of money can ...

It’s common sense that it’s difficult to feel happy when you are seriously ill. But do feelings of happiness help to prevent people from becoming sick, or help them to get better quicker? That’s the ...

After a cancer diagnosis, toxic positivity can be unhelpful, though forced joy may bring light to a difficult situation, a survivor and advocate said. In the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis, there is ...