Comments on: Thankfulness: Gateway to (synthetic) Happiness

By: AYdUbYA

AYdUbYA — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:42:48 +0000

I’m thankful for my wife and kids, for our health and safety, for my job, and for Eggnog. Amen

By: Kent (MC)

Kent (MC) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:52:21 +0000

It does make you feel like a curmudgeon to delete an app that might make someone happy. We’ve gotten so used to such bad spam that anything that even looks legit leads to a mental pattern interrupt.

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:53:23 +0000

I usually delete these advertising comments like #4 but it is on topic enough that I guess I’ll let this one pass.

By: David

David — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:10:21 +0000

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By: Mark D.

Mark D. — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:44:34 +0000

Well said, Geoff.

By: Jacob J

Jacob J — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:45 +0000

Awesome, I enjoyed seeing your riff on this theme. It’s interesting that Gilbert talked about our knee-jerk reaction to synthetic happiness being one of “yea, right.” This is definitely the case with watching someone say they became happy by counting their blessings. To the outside skeptic it can look like blessing-counters are just is just fooling themselves, but I suspect counting our blessings can have the same kind of fundamental impact on our mindset that getting stuck with a painting can have.

By: Kent (MC)

Kent (MC) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:44:54 +0000

Amen. Counting my blessings always opens me up to feeling the Spirit, which leads to happiness.