Music has this incredible power to make us happy. Science backs it up — our brains release dopamine when we listen to songs we love, and that happiness multiplies when we're dancing in a crowd of people feeling the exact same joy.
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For fifty years I've studied joy in clinics, in research papers. But the shortcut I actually use in my own life is this: I stop looking for my joy and start looking for someone else's. Every time I help a person find theirs, mine comes rushing back in.
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Happy Dog has been staring out this window for eleven minutes.
He is not thinking about his schedule. He is not replaying a difficult
conversation. He is not planning what comes next.
He is just here. Completely, entirely here.
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The fastest path back to your own happiness might surprise you.
For years I've told people to "find their joy." I don't say that anymore. What I say now is: go make someone else's day a little lighter. Watch what happens to you.
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Happy Dog is currently running in circles for no reason whatsoever.
Research in positive psychology shows that purposeless play — movement or activity done purely for the joy of it, with no goal or outcome — is one of the most effective ways to restore the nervous system.