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Happiness

We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of

geBng something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing

and apprecia<ng what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig

Happiness might be one of our most sought aoer

emoAons, and yet has only recently been the subject of

scienAfic inquiry. As we start to understand more clearly
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what makes up the happy mind, we also have to invesAgate
Feeling ac<vely happy might be one of our
the noAon that at Ames, many of us are happier than we
most sought a@er emo<ons, but it can elude
might be led to believe. This is true simply because of our
our awareness.
Most of us know when we are smiling or ability (or lack of ability) to uAlize words in our
laughing, but thanks to our negaAvity bias, communicaAon that illustrate happiness. If all we know to

we don’t always a/ribute those describe this more sought aoer state is the word happy, we
experiences to feeling happy. are missing out on a lot.

Here are a few words that demonstrate an acEvated, or “engaged” happy mind:

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