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2009年4月23日星期四

Happiness?

When I was walking back from school today on the ave, I saw this dad with his little toddler daugther standing outside Goodwill, a second hand shop where they sell everything second hand very cheaply. The dad and the daughter dressed like poorer than the average 'Seattlite'. Suddenly the dad reached out to his goodwill bag and pulled out a purple cotton hat, and put it on his daughter. The hat was rather big for her small little head. But when I saw her happy smile and the dad's satisfaction with his daughter's cuteness, for some reason my heart warmed up in the cold rainy weather.
The old saying is right...happiness cannot be measured by money.

A friend whom I've just known for 3 weeks called me to say she was feeling unhappy. The problem is she does not know why she was unhappy all of a sudden, it's not due to pms or anything, and she expected me to cheer her up. So I tried to talk about ways to be happier, like planning events ahead, and introduce her happy food which I often use as 'happiness therapy' such as tidbits and ice cream, and tell her silly jokes about myself. Finally she said she's much happier and thanked me for cheering her up. And I realize being able to make someone happy is happiness itself.

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