During these trying times, how are you living your life? In constant turmoil as you sit and worry? Tossing and turning as you watch the day to day events unfold? Or trusting that tomorrow will take care of itself so why not enjoy each moment? The late Lester Levenson discovered one day that surrendering unwanted thoughts, letting go of things that hurt, and embracing life can turn things around for the best. In the self-help book, Happiness Is Free: And It's Easier Than You Think by Lester Levenson and Hale Dwoskin, the reader will discover thirty-five weekly sessions, later termed the Sedona Method, that will guide them to a better way of life. The Sedona Method is designed to teach the reader the principles of renewing your mind by letting go. At the end of each session, the reader is challenged to tap into the essence of their being through a Releasing Explorations exercise. Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” The sources that contribute to happiness are the same as those that provide people with a buffer or protection against mental illness, which explains the close relationship between the two.

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”Whillans AV, Dunn EW, Smeets P, Bekkers R, Norton MI. Buying time promotes happiness. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(32):8523‐8527. doi:10.1073/pnas.1706541114 Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.” Cunha LF, Pellanda LC, Reppold CT. Positive psychology and gratitude interventions: a randomized clinical trial. Front Psychol. 2019;10:584. Published 2019 Mar 21. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00584 Gulacti F. The effect of perceived social support on subjective well-being. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2010;2(2):3844-3849. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.602 The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.”

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Joseph Sirgy, M., & Wu, J. (2009). The pleasant life, the engaged life, and the meaningful life: What about the balanced life? Journal of Happiness Studies, 10, 183-196. Positive emotions are linked to better health and longevity. One study found that people who experienced more positive emotions than negative ones were more likely to have survived over a 13 year period.Kaufman, S. B. (2016). The differences between happiness and meaning in life. Scientific American. Retrieved from https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/the-differences-between-happiness-and-meaning-in-life/ Happiness Is Free: And It's Easier Than You Think is a work of non-fiction in the self-help, life advice, and guidance sub-genres, and was penned by author team Lester Levenson and Hale Dwoskin. Covering books 1 through 5 in this edition marked ‘The Greatest Secret’, we find ourselves in possession of a comprehensive guide to achieving happiness in life and letting go of pain and hurt from our pasts. Using a variety of different methods from Levenson’s original teachings, Dwoskin compiles a new and well-organized approach to dispelling negativity in our lives, and allowing happiness in with surprising ease and clarity. Meaning: Relying on rewards for your happiness is futile. But having a goal in mind, something to aim at, brings motivation and inspiration. Mental Subtraction of Positive Events: Visualize what your life would be like without the good things you have. Kim-Prieto, C., Diener, E., Tamir, M., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, M. (2005). Integrating the diverse