Day Two

I can't believe all the "happiness" that has been popping out at me today!   Today my husband and I flew home from Killeen, Texas to Dallas to Louisville to home.  While we were browsing in the Dallas airport, I saw a new magazine called livehappy and on the cover was Gretchen Rubin, whose book I have been reading!  Lots of good articles and things to think about, including an article on hope.  Hope is an interesting sidebar to this search for happiness. I will have to explore this later.

I also found this really good article on Facebook linking to Edutopia about happiness in schools: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/simple-ways-cultivate-happiness-schools-elena-aguilar?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-cultivating-happiness-repost. 
One of the happiness points is "get outside"!  I have been saying this all along!  I have always believed in getting the kids outside if only for a few minutes every day!  Fresh air, sunshine (or at least natural light), and movement:  you can't beat 'em for waking up your brain.

Finally, I completely forgot to mention one of my main inspirations in the pursuit of a happier life:  Joel Osteen's book Every Day A Friday!   The books states that people are 15% happier on Fridays......just because it's Friday!  If I could, I would copy Chapter 6:  The Right Perspective and hand it out to everyone I know. 

Gratitude:  2 safe flights, the fact that I had my husband beside me all the way (and I could put my head on his shoulder when I was sleepy), the fact that I did NOT throw up when the 2nd flight got bumpy, my dad picking us up from the airport, and our good dinner at Tumbleweed.

J.