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Boy in blanket fort offers lesson on happiness

It’s just a sheet spread over his crib, but it makes him so happy. There’s so much joy and wonder in this simple thing. It’s an important reminder to me about how little is required to make you happy if you’re willing to open your eyes and see something as new and different.  Happiness isn’t…

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A rule for lifelong happiness: Stop begrudging the good fortune of others.

This simple rule – which I live by daily – has brought me great happiness and peace and allowed me more time to do other, more meaningful things. I offer it to you: If someone is experiencing good fortune or unexpected luck, and it comes at no expense to me or anyone for whom I…

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The Patriots lost yesterday. I’m a happy Patriots fan today. You should be, too.

As a Patriots fan who spent yesterday evening in Gillette Stadium, watching his beloved team blunder their way to a second straight loss, you might think that I would be upset today. Depressed. Annoyed. Outraged. Discouraged. Disheartened. Even angry. Enraged.  You might think that the flood of messages that I received from joyous Giants, Jets, and…

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