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Thought for the Week

Clifton College's Chaplain, Kim Taplin, brings us his 'Thought for the Week'

Is there a secret to happiness?

Is there a secret to happiness?

Bob Marley sang:

“In every life we have some trouble,
When you worry you make it double
Don’t worry, be happy.”

Is there a secret to being happy?

By reflecting upon my own life and on the lives of some of the happy and unhappy people with whom I have lived and worked, I offer the following suggestions:

  1. Happiness is enjoyed in simplicity...but it also touches feelings of depth.
  2. Happiness lives fully in the present...but it is not afraid to dream dreams.
  3. Happiness may be found where I am...but it does not cling to the permanence of any situation.
  4. Happiness is shared with other people...but it also cherishes solitude.

17 March 2009

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