INTERNATIONAL HAPPINESS DAY!
June 18, 2008
BE HAPPY ZONE
By Lionel Ketchian
What would be the impact in the world if 1,000,000 people celebrated happiness the same day?
Eva Gregory and Jeanna Gabellini are the US Ambassadors for International Happiness Day. How did this all start, you ask? Liberto Pereda Romera of Barcelona, Spain recently initiated this project. An organization called This Happy Planet with Mark Webb and Aymee Coget and myself are all working on it. We need your help and support in promoting the celebration of International Happiness Day on July 10th.We understand that "Intention Creates Outcome." What if one million people from all over the planet celebrated happiness on the same day? What would be the impact in the world be with such a strongly shared intention? We're convinced that this will have a powerful, positive impact on the world. Come join our group on Facebook.
facebook.com/editalbum.php#/group.php?gid=10644279659We have gotten the party started so, come on in and leave a message on our Wall! If you don't have a profile on Facebook yet, it's easy! Go to
Facebook.com to sign up. Once you've joined click on: Join Group just under Jeanna's and Eva's picture. Be sure to review the page, read the discussion boards, and enjoy the videos. Bookmark the Group Page and come back often as we'll be getting active on the board with discussions and free Tele-classes and calls between now and International Happiness Day on July 10. Pass this message along to all your friends! And ask them to do the same! Here's too outrageous and contagious HAPPINESS!The reason I am giving up total support to International Happiness Day is that I have been speaking to Jeanna and Eva. They are both truly wonderful human being that completely understand happiness. Here is what Jeanna and Eva say about happiness: "This is a reminder to folks that happiness is their birthright and it's available to everyone. But they must make the decision to be happy. They have to choose. Happiness is a state of BEING not something we pursue. It is within the core of our being of who we really are." Now you know why we have joined forces to promote this wonderful day of awareness for being happy. Jeanna and Eva explain happiness exactly like I have been doing for the past 18 years.
They also say: "this is kinda like the Pay It Forward approach...Don't know if you saw the movie Pay It Forward but Trevor, the 12-year-old hero of Pay It Forward, thinks of quite an idea. He describes it to his mother and teacher this way: "You see, I do something real good for three people. And then when they ask how they can pay it back, I say they have to Pay It Forward. To three more people each. So 9 people get helped. Then those people have to Pay It Forward to 27." He turned on the calculator, punched in a few numbers. "Then it sort of spreads out, see, to 81, then 243, then 729, then 2,187. See how big it gets?" The Pay It Forward concept of doing unselfish acts of kindness, a service for someone, and asking them to pay the kindness forward instead of paying it back is a powerful idea. We can do this for International Happiness Day...and beyond!" I totally agree and I love the movie. Pay It Forward is one of my favorite movies.
We have about 35 Happiness Clubs here in the USA and around the world. This month we just had our first meeting of the
Whangaparaoa, New Zealand Happiness Club with Pat Armitstead leading it. We are opening our first in Las Vegas, NV with Christine Kevorkian as the facilitator. On July 3, we will have the first meeting of the Happiness Club of Jerusalem, Israel at The Israel Center, with Host: Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, author of Gateway to Happiness and 22 other books. We are starting one in Sydney, Australia with Professor Timothy Sharp, Ph. D., as the Advisor.Do you want to start a happiness club near you? Listen to step by step instructions about how to do it with Happiness Expert Aymee Coget? Aymee started the San Francisco Happiness Club in 2004, and is ready to share simple steps to help your happiness club succeed. Join us for our once a month one hour long happiness club leadership Video-Teleconference. Listen on the phone, or watch and listen to Aymee on your computer. We will have the call on July 2nd at 12:00 PM, EST. For call in access information and conference materials send an email to
narine.psy@gmail.com.Join me for International Happiness Day on July 10. Let's share our joy and Pay It Forward and help spread happiness all around the world.
Lionel Ketchian is the founder of the Happiness Club and can be reached at
PrintLRK@aol.com. The website is www.HappinessClub.com.