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1St International Day Of Happiness


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Hope you're all enjoying it in your own special way! :dance:

 

 

"On this first International Day of Happiness, let us reinforce our commitment to inclusive and sustainable human development and renew our pledge to help others. When we contribute to the common good, we ourselves are enriched. Compassion promotes happiness and will help build the future we want". UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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and a link to the official UN site this year...

 

 

http://www.dayofhappiness.net/#happiness

 

For the International Day of Happiness 2015 we're inviting everyone to focus on their connections with others.

After years of happiness research, one thing has proved fundamental - the importance of our connections with other people. But modern societies are built as if the opposite was true. We are surrounded by people, yet we feel genuinely connected to almost none of them. The effects are devastating. Social isolation is as potent a cause of early death as smoking; and the epidemic of loneliness is twice as deadly as obesity. We could change this in a day if we all reached out and made at least one positive connection.

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On board with this. Too many soor-faced pricks in the world.

 

My nickname was smiler at my old work, the good old days when I was but a youngster, modern living has brought me down, that and the amount of miserable bad humoured people that cut about these days. At least the hat is a refuge for the most.

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Lets hope that all the people living in warzones and in poverty around the world will take great happiness from the United Nations International day of happiness. :)

 

right. well, while i'm doing what little i can to help alleviate poverty and misery around the world, i'll keep a smile on my face and a positive outlook. so as not to make the day worse for those around me. :cheers:

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My nickname was smiler at my old work, the good old days when I was but a youngster, modern living has brought me down, that and the amount of miserable bad humoured people that cut about these days. At least the hat is a refuge for the most.

 

 

Too much effort to be a miserable cunt. These days I see conflict as nothing less than an inability to function in a social environment. Kinda like a mild form of autism, if you ask me.

 

I'm a pretty sociable kinda cunt, despite my Aberdonian-bred suspicion of anyone I don't know. And the longer I'm out of Aberdeen the more amenable I get :)

 

My philosophy is to treat everyone the way you'd want people to treat your own family.

 

:cheers:

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My nickname was smiler at my old work, the good old days when I was but a youngster, modern living has brought me down, that and the amount of miserable bad humoured people that cut about these days. At least the hat is a refuge for the most.

I'm with you bro.

Canna abide grumpy folks, or serious folk.

Life's too short.

Its an old adage but highly appropriate in today's high stress low oil price environment.

Stop, sit back and chi out with a beer, I say.

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