Welcome My Dearest Friend, Yes you!!!

As scientist Carl Sagan who lived from 1934 to 1996 said: "The brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good."

"Independence is happiness." - Susan B. Anthony

"The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go." - Martha Washington

"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." - Ben Franklin

"People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be." - Abraham Lincoln

"Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy." - Hubert H. Humphrey

"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." - John Milton

"What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life." - Leo Buscaglia

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust

"Whoever is happy will make others happy, too." - Mark Twain

"The world has to learn that the actual pleasure derived from material things is of rather low quality on the whole and less even in quantity than it looks to those who have not tried it." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else." - Peyton Conway March

"To fill the hour -- that is happiness." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world." - Robert Louis Stevenson

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." - John Barrymore

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within." - Ramona L. Anderson

"Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy!" - Anne Frank

"Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge --broad, deep knowledge --is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low." - Helen Keller

"Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think." - Dale Carnegie

"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will." - Epictetus (55 - 135) Greek philosopher

"Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Norman MacEwan

"Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness." - Sophocles

Our next Happiness Club meeting will be on Thursday, July 21, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. The presentation will be "Happiness Is Power!" The meeting will be held at the Sullivan Independence Hall, Fairfield. Looking forward to seeing you. Admission is free; everyone is welcome. Come on down, meet some great people and share the joy!

Published in the Fairfield Citizen-News July 6, 2005

BE HAPPY ZONE
By Lionel Ketchian

Life is complicated, happiness is simple!

Happiness Empowerment to You! LIVE RICHLY...PRACTICE HAPPINESS!

Sharing Love, Peace and Happiness with you,
Lionel Ketchian

Reminding you to make the "Happiness Decision." Giving you our Happiness Club Meeting dates, The Happiness Show, on television and on the Internet, the newest happiness information, and your latest copy of the Be Happy Zone Article's that are published every other Wednesday in the Fairfield Citizen-News. At the beginning of this newsletter you can read the latest article called: Independence is happiness!

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Think Smart, Look Smart, Be Smart...Be Happy!

Thank you for your newsletter! Edward

Dear Edward,

I am very impressed with your web site. I think you have done an outstanding job of putting up well needed happiness quotes. Thank you so much for the work you have done to bring happiness to others. Congratulations and keep up the good work!

Sharing Love, Peace and Happiness with you,
Lionel Ketchian

Happ-E-Quote :)

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others. - Buddha

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From Rabbi Pliskin's book: Anger: The Inner Teacher," page 342.

Julian suggested I be in touch with you. I am also part of the Happiness webring. It is my understanding that you interview people? I have quite a story to tell as a psychologist that had an "aha" moment and realized that we don't encourage our clients or ourselves to thrive, in the sense that we are so busy looking for and at problems, rather than the great resources we all have within ourselves-like to have a good time, to laugh, to recover, etc. My work and mission for the last 12 years has been teaching the public and particularly women how to look at the glass as half full, rather than half empty. Of course, a positive attitude is one major step toward happiness!

As a positive psychologist I focus on teaching how to recognize and honor our own talents, capacities, strengths and untapped potential. I use inspirational stories to teach how to access our memory bank and find the gemstones of the stories of our lives. In terms of happiness I teach how the Seven Gateways to Enchantment-understanding and using them-will help tremendously in living a daily life that is filled with happiness, meaning and purpose.

Take Care,

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis. - Margaret Bonnano

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. - Benjamin Franklin

I can't stop thinking about what my first meeting of your Happiness Club did for me in July.

Many thanks, for your help, suggestions.. You might remember me. You gave me a big hug at the end of the meeting. I thought Barry was fabulous and so were you!

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. - Frank Tyger

Grow From Your Mistakes

"Your feelings of self-worth need not depend on any external situation. Every human being has intrinsic value regardless of what he does. If you make mistakes and transgress, do not feel discouraged and lose your feelings of importance. There is no greater danger than that. Rather, when you have transgressed, strengthen yourself to elevate above those transgressions. Keep your mind focused on your great potential for accomplishment. Regardless of how much wrong you have done in the past, you can always improve."

From Rabbi Zelig Pliskin's Gateway to Happiness, page 130.

I am very impressed with the work Julian Kalmar is doing to bring happiness to everyone. He has some wonderful information in his happiness newsletters.

We are proud to present, at no charge, over one hundred 28 minute episodes we've taped so far in streaming audio (for 28.8 Kbps+), streaming video (for 56 Kbps+), and Select episodes in broadband streaming video (for DSL, cable, wireless and satellite) Internet connections.

Our next Happiness Club meeting will be a presentation called:

Our next Happiness Club meeting will be on Thursday, July 21, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. The presentation will be "Happiness Is Power!" The meeting will be held at the Sullivan Independence Hall, Fairfield. Looking forward to seeing you. Admission is free; everyone is welcome. Come on down, meet some great people and share the joy!

Date :) Thursday, July 21, 2005

Time :) 7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Place :) Sullivan Independence Town Hall

Address :) 611 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06824

We look forward to seeing you. Come on down, share the joy and meet some great people!

To see a photo taken at one of the meetings of the Happiness Club.

Thursday, August 25, 2005 - will be at the Fairfield Library

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - will be at the Fairfield Library

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Directions to Fairfield Sullivan Independence Town Hall
725 Old Post Road (corner of Beach Road) Fairfield, CT 06824

I 95 Southbound Exit 22:

Left onto North Benson Road, then cross Post Road/Route 1 and continue one block to stop sign. Take a right onto Old Post Road and continue one block to stop sign. Town Hall is across the street on the left and Independence Hall is down the driveway from Town Hall.

I 95 Northbound Exit 22:

Right onto Round Hill Road, then cross Post Road/Route 1 and
continue one block to stop sign. Town Hall is across the street on the right and Independence Hall is down the driveway from Town Hall.

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. - James Oppenheim

Jane Bradley is President and conducts the meetings.

No meetings for July & August.
Meetings are held at: The Normandy Resource Centre (The Legion),

111, Church Street,

St. Catharines, Ontario.

The time: 700 - 8:30 PM.

This facility is fully accessible. ADMISSION: A smile and always free.

Cheers! Jane

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live. - Bertrand Russell

Our Happiness Club meets

When: Sunday, July 17th.

Time: 3:00 - 5:00 PM.

Where: 333 First Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

(b/t Folsom and Harrison) on the third floor in the activity room.

The building is about a fifteen minute walk from BART.

It is that Happy time of the month again!

This month's meeting will host a very special guest, Jinendra Swami, The Messenger of Sustainable Happiness!!! Jinendra will be leading a program called "3S - Pathway to Sustainable Happiness... a new paradigm for total wellness". He will explain, demonstrate, and lead the group through series of Yogic exercises, Postures, Special Mudras and Breathing techniques, and a special Meditation "Journey into Consciousness". Participants will discover how to transcend and create positive emotions when confronted with issues related to Security, Survival and Self-Esteem. One cannot avoid adverse circumstances in life but one can learn and master the skills on how to cope with them. 3S deals with learning and decoding simple self-management tools to remain Healthy, Happy and in Harmony!

I would like to remind everyone that this club is for happy and unhappy people. Please forward to your friends who you think could benefit from this once in a lifetime experience with the Messenger of Sustainable Happiness. Please RSVP because it helps Aymee & Bob prepare. Meetings are free, hope to see you! Thank you!

Happily, Aymee

"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

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"Don't let go of the vine." - John Weissmuller, from the film, Tarzan.
Life is full of opportunities. Go For It! Carpe diem!

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