Make Someone Happy 51 & 52

Idea #51

Stop thinking in terms of doing things that are important to you and start doing things because you know they are important to someone else.

It is easy to get locked into our own little sphere, to focus solely on our own needs and responsibilities. For many of us it requires a conscious effort to extend ourselves, to find time to help, express concern, or perform a service. Yet these are the things we can do to help life someone else and, curiously enough, secure our own happiness and sense of worth.

Idea #52

Practice the Gold Rule. No, not the one that says "He who has the gold makes the rules," but the original one: "Do unto others are you would have them do unto you." Treat others the way you would want them to treat you. That's the great secret to happiness.