Elevator Operator Shows True Joy and Gratitude

Blooming where you're planted has never been a problem for Los Angeles elevator operator Ruben Pardo. For 35 years, he has driven and steered one ...

Bill Murray's Guide to Life

People are on a constant search for happiness, looking for a better life. And a little well-timed advice can make a big difference. Bill Murray was interviewed ...

Tim Keller on Our Riches in Christ

Imagine you're a billionaire, and you have three ten-dollar bills in your wallet. You get out of a cab, and you hand the driver one of the bills for ...

NPR Says We Live in an 'Impatient Nation'

An article on NPR claims that we have become "the Impatient Nation." We want quick answers to complex problems. The article puts it this way: ...

Want To Be Happy? Love Generously

An article in The New York Times, titled "Love People, Not Pleasure," tackles the issue of love from the perspective of happiness. Offering ...

We Want Happiness but Suffering Forms Us

We live in a culture awash in talk about happiness. In one three-month period, more than 1,000 books were released on Amazon on that subject.

But notice ...

N.Y. Designer Had It All but Commits Suicide

An article in The New York Post ran the following story about the 49-year-old designer, L'Wren Scott, who shocked New York City by committing suicide: ...

The ‘Fearful Gift’ of Suffering

New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks penned an insightful piece about the "fearful gift" of suffering/ He talks about the irony of our ...

Envy Is the Least "Fun" Sin

The essayist Joseph Epstein writes, "Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all."

There's plenty of research to back up Epstein's ...

Money Can't Buy Meaning; Only Religion Can

For years now researchers have been trying to determine if money can buy happiness. Previous research has shown that wealthy countries typically rank ...