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Dear Mommy,

I just realized that among my friends, I don’t have the nicest cars or the high flying career, but I am a very happy person.

perhaps I just simply aim for things that truly make a person happy

Relationships. 90% of our happiness relates to having healthy relationships. So keeping good relationships is paramount for happiness. Forget the little things in life that may bother us and stay away from having enemies. Forgive, forget. No grudges.

Friend inventory. check your inventory. If you think you have been hanging out with losers (negative people) who brag a lot, do little, seek new friends. Avoid shallow materialistic people.

Watch Sex in the City or Entourage. If you have three other friends that have brunch every Sunday, you’re in good company. True friends are ones that support you in good and bad times. When you’re sinking, count on them to save your butt.

Volunteer. Feed the homeless at soup kitchens, help out a starving entrepreneur with your skills (hint,hint). Once we serve the less fortunate, you realize that your life is not too bad.

Content. Be happy with the NOW, the present. If you’re single, embrace this time of freedom. If you lost your job, now is your chance to seek a career you enjoy.

Risk. Take some. Meet new friends, change jobs. Sing at a Karaoke bar.
and don’t forget..

Talk less, listen more.
Take less, give more.
Judge less, compliment more.

Rayfil Wong