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A study published in the journal, Computers in Human Behavior says watching videos of cats on the Internet has a positive effect on people. The researchers studied 7,000 people via social media about viewing the videos and how it affects their mood. 36% of participants described themselves as a “cat…

In 2009, Cassandra Phillips launched a one-day conference celebrating failure in high tech world of Silicon Valley. The conference was successful for four years, and now Phillips says her conference isn’t needed any more because failure has become so common in high-tech ventures. In fact, according to…

The HuffingtonPost.com quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson on the uselessness of anger. “For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.” Of course that is only the beginning of what you lose when you hold on to your anger, but it is a good reminder. --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week,…

In their new book, Hope in the Age of Anxiety, Henry Biller, University of Rhode Island-Kingston and Anthony Scioli, Psychology professor at Keene State College in Keene, N.H. express the need for hope. “Hope brings a special kind of happiness, a more permanent form. Hopeful people are sustained by the…

In 1998, Pamela Gail Johnson of Lewisville, Texas started the Secret Society of Happy People (SOHP). Johnson claims 7,000 official members and has a website, www.sohp.com. Traffic on the website is up since the downturn in the economy. Her basic premise is simple and very biblical. “If your basic needs…

JOY In James 1:2-4, James wrote, "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, [3] knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. [4] And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." Consider it all joy? You may…

Happiness Pop quiz. What kind of happiness do you want? The kind with a quick flash, a loud explosion and a lifetime of regret? The kind that Revelation 18:14 talks about when it says, “Everything you've lived for, gone! All delicate and delectable luxury, lost! Not a scrap, not a thread to be found!”…