From The Happiness Project (Author is Gretchen Rubin)
Other people cultivate unhappiness as a way to control others. They cling to unhappiness because without it they'd forego the special consideration that unhappiness secures: the claim to pity and attention...
Some people exploit unhappiness for decades...
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of her feelings or tries to keep her spirits high. She seems self-sufficient, she becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit...
My sister, Maite, read this to Tita Mary, when Tita Mary went on her usual discussion about the unhappy state of Tita Patring (i.e., in the eyes of Tita Mary) . . . in contrast to Mom, who exuded happiness in spite of her own challenges in life!
Get a head start on happiness, check out . . . The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAmjz8Uzf48
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