“It’s not happy people who are thankful. It’s thankful people who are happy.”

In honor of Thanksgiving, a few thoughts on gratitude…and happiness 🙂 As a Junior in college, I studied The Psychology of Happiness in Copenhagen, Denmark (yes, I earned college credit for running around Europe learning about what makes us smile!). Throughout the course, we read  dozens of theorists’ attempts to define “happiness,” but how could anyone define…

“Be the kind of person you would like to meet.”

I just finished up chai-latte time with a great new friend, and got to thinking about how we meet people. I have noticed, since moving to Austin, that the “new-friend” cards have aligned suspiciously well on a number of occasions. What is it about certain people that brings them together? Coincidence is too common to blame,…