Happiness steps

Raymond Chambers made a statement at the Harvard Business School's 2010 Social Enterprise Conference about his five (5) practices for happiness. They seem extraordinarily simple, and upon reflection, carry the weight of insight, pause, empathy, gentleness and kindness. Characteristics that teach us about connections, humanity and love. Qualities that open our hearts and our eyes to the world around us - and specifically - to the beings in the world around us.

These are statements that you can craft your life around; ideas that can impact your relationships - with yourself, your loved ones, your neighbors and colleagues. And more significantly, they are practices that you can start immediately. On your drive home, in the way you talk to people, and how you look at yourself in the mirror. Beautiful, effective and powerful.

Stay in the moment; there is no other time but the present.

Step back and become a spectator to your own thoughts; don't get caught up in the drama, learn from it.

Worry about being loving, not about being right.

Go out of your way to help anyone in need.

And finally, each morning, write down the things in your life you're most grateful for.