There are many routes to happiness besides the Western one.
I taught music lessons in the homes of the wealthiest people in the Dallas area for four years.
I used to say that I taught in millions of dollars worth of office space.
But I did not always teach happy children.
And though I often saw very happy families, there were also tense, unhappy, pressured families as well.
Happiness consists of being the person who does what she loves to do.
With what one young friend calls, “passion and purpose”, we can live happily with fulfillment.
That answer looks different to different people.
We complement one another with our differences and preferences.
That is why there really is a route to world happiness.
We all have to embrace it in our own different ways.
It is not a case of competing for limited world resources.
It is the will to allow everyone to live well.
The more individuals who find this way help lay the groundwork for the next individuals.
The more corporations who look to the well-being of both employees and their surroundings help lay the groundwork for the next corporate steps.
The triple bottom line works for everyone - people, place, profit.
We all participate as we take, and encourage others to take, steps to happiness.
© 2013 Kathryn Hardage
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