There are so many indexes used to measure how much stuff or wealth we have, GNP(first proposed by Robert Kennedy in1968), GDP, and deposit number for instance. There are, however, scarce of index which could evaluate our happiness or wellbeing. That is a huge pity. Because according to a research from Diecer and Scollon(2003), the most profoundly important things ratings worldwide is: happiness comes in the first as 8 point, while love and health are nearly the same for about 7.9 point, and wealth, being talked for the most in this materialistic and realistic world,come in the fourth reaching about only 6.8 point.
From the result we know that money is not as significant as we all considered. The first rating is happiness, then love and health. We want happiness for ourselves, for our family and for ourfriends. Happiness makes us feel pleasant and exhilarating. And we all have the need to love others and be loved. Also, only do we have a healthy body can we live out a full life. We have to admit that money is important. But if you already have a lot of money, the increase of your wealth cannot make you feel happier.
In fact, there five simple way which can help us become happier. First is to connect with others since human beings are social animals. Kelly Mcgonigal, a charming health psychologist from PARC, saidin her famous TED in 2013, human will produce oxytocin which is a kind of neurohormone which can make us feel exhilarating when cuddling with people. Second,to be active. Gaining vigor and passion to do things. Third is to take notice,take care about neighbors in your community, students in your class, and yourcolleagues in your company. In the process of caring, your body will create the resilience against stress according to Mcgonigal(2013), which could decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease and hypertension to a great extent. Fourthis to keep learning. We are now in a world of knowledge explosion. Every seven years the gross knowledge will double. We must keep learning all the time not justto keep pace with this swift running world, just to attain a sense of achievement. You can learn anything you want, the cooking method of dishes, anew language, even the childhood instrument, all of them is ok, not only restricted in the history Roman empire, the origin of consciousness, or the essence of capitalism. And the last one is not the least important one, to give. If you give two persons 100 RMB each and ask one of them to spend for himself or herself, the other to spend for others. Next day when you evaluate their welfare degree, the winner must be the one who spend money for others.
The five methods above will not cost you alot, and neither cost resources on the planet, but they can improve your "Happy Index" greatly. Why not do it from now on?
At last, I'd like to end my first formal English blog with words from a preacher on the eve of his death.
"I know there were challenges ahead, or maybe troubles ahead, but I fear no one. I don't care. I have been to the mountain top, and I have seen the promise land."
——Martin Luther King
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