{"id":389740,"date":"2010-03-04T06:02:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T11:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notsalmon.com\/?p=248"},"modified":"2010-03-04T06:02:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T11:02:34","slug":"%e2%80%9chappiness-is-not-about-what-happens-to-you-but-how-you-interpret-what-happens-that%e2%80%99s-why-it%e2%80%99s-called-happiness-not-happenness-although-it-could-be-called-hope-ness-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/389740","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHappiness is not about what happens to you &#8211; but how you interpret what happens. That\u2019s why it\u2019s called HAPPINESS &#8211; not HAPPENNESS &#8211; although it could be called HOPE-NESS. You must leave room for hope that all has happened for good cause.\u201d &#8211; How To Be Happy Dammit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/15\/21046223_cc8b2d8a9e.jpg\" alt=\"book cover\" width=\"150\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization\u00a0predicts by 2020 depression will be\u00a02nd only to heart disease when it\u00a0comes to global burden of illness!\u00a0\u00a0Eeeeek! I wanna do what I can &#8211; with my books, articles, and blog &#8211; to ensure that this does NOT happen, dammit!<\/p>\n<p>HAPPINESS TIP: If you&#8217;re spinning about something bad which happened to you in the past, force yourself to face forward to something you&#8217;re excited about in your future. Make the word &#8220;FORWARD&#8221; your single word mantra. 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