So, I just went to a club where we discussed the Happiness Project, and on the way home Pharrell Williams song Happy came on the radio. I thought that was pretty awesome.
So I know a lot of people are getting sick of that song. Probably people who aren't feeling very happy. I know when I'm not feeling happy, the last thing I want to hear about is usually a song about being happy. However, I must say, I have been listening to that song pretty much every day since I first heard it (during the Olympics in February), and I have yet to have a moment where that song didn't bring a big smile to my face and instantly make me feel much happier.
After spending an hour discussing the Happiness project and if its important to worry about happiness, and getting the most out of our happiness, and so forth, I think we all agreed that happiness is a cycle that feeds and builds off its self, so making sure you are as happy as can be helps you to help others be happier, which in turn helps you to be happier. That song makes me happier, and when I am happier, I'm gonna help you be happier.
I have a friend that hates that song. HATES it. one day we were riding in the car together, and it came on, and I love that song, and I knew she hated it, so i told her she could change it, but she saw the smile it had already brought to my face, and she decided that she would endure it because it seemed to make me happier. At the end of the song, she said "that wasn't as bad as I thought, I didn't hate it"
I probably would have not loved this song so much, if I didn't associate it with the Olympics, thanks to this video of team Great Britain.
Now every time I hear it, this song reminds me of the endless possibilities I have to live my dreams and make great things happen.
It also reminds me of another friend who loves this song, and doesn't ever remember the words. Anytime either of us are having a bad day, we text what we remember of the words and both end up singing and clapping along.
One of the biggest points we all got out of the Happiness project book, was that we are happier when we are ourselves. I'm happiest when I am being Mandi, and not trying to be who everyone thinks , or who I think everyone thinks I should be. Loving a song long after its over play date, because it was featured in a lip sink with Olympic athletes is a very Mandi thing to do. Writing a blog about how this song playing after book club makes me happy, is also a very Mandi thing to do. So I feel pretty good about that. I hope it makes you a little happier too.
What does happiness mean to you? very important question. There are no wrong answers.
So I know a lot of people are getting sick of that song. Probably people who aren't feeling very happy. I know when I'm not feeling happy, the last thing I want to hear about is usually a song about being happy. However, I must say, I have been listening to that song pretty much every day since I first heard it (during the Olympics in February), and I have yet to have a moment where that song didn't bring a big smile to my face and instantly make me feel much happier.
After spending an hour discussing the Happiness project and if its important to worry about happiness, and getting the most out of our happiness, and so forth, I think we all agreed that happiness is a cycle that feeds and builds off its self, so making sure you are as happy as can be helps you to help others be happier, which in turn helps you to be happier. That song makes me happier, and when I am happier, I'm gonna help you be happier.
I have a friend that hates that song. HATES it. one day we were riding in the car together, and it came on, and I love that song, and I knew she hated it, so i told her she could change it, but she saw the smile it had already brought to my face, and she decided that she would endure it because it seemed to make me happier. At the end of the song, she said "that wasn't as bad as I thought, I didn't hate it"
Now every time I hear it, this song reminds me of the endless possibilities I have to live my dreams and make great things happen.
It also reminds me of another friend who loves this song, and doesn't ever remember the words. Anytime either of us are having a bad day, we text what we remember of the words and both end up singing and clapping along.
One of the biggest points we all got out of the Happiness project book, was that we are happier when we are ourselves. I'm happiest when I am being Mandi, and not trying to be who everyone thinks , or who I think everyone thinks I should be. Loving a song long after its over play date, because it was featured in a lip sink with Olympic athletes is a very Mandi thing to do. Writing a blog about how this song playing after book club makes me happy, is also a very Mandi thing to do. So I feel pretty good about that. I hope it makes you a little happier too.
What does happiness mean to you? very important question. There are no wrong answers.
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