>> WE KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY SENSITIVE.
>> I KNOW IT WHEN I FEEL IT.
>> SOME OF US EAT IT, CHASE IT.
IT IS EVEN HARD TO ESCAPE THOSE TRYING TO SELL IT.
>> THE KEY IS PROBABLY FINDING THE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD IN LIFE INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE BAD.
>> WE ALL DO FIND IT -- TO FIND IT IN OUR OWN WAY -- HE FIND IT -- WE ALL DEFINED IT IN OUR OWN WAY.
>> I THINK PEOPLE VALUE AT THEIR CORE A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS.
FAMILY, JOBS, MONEY, PURPOSE, RELIGION, THE PATH TO EVERLASTING JOY CAN SOMETIMES BE ELUSIVE, SO CAN YOU FIND IT #MASSACHUSETTS RANKS AS THE SEVENTH HAPPIEST CHE -- STATE.
AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, YOU’LL HAVE TO HEAD WEST TO A TINY TOWN ON THE BORDER OF CONNECTICUT -- LONGMEADOW.
WOULD YOU AGREE?
>> YES.
GOOD RESTAURANTS, GOOD FOOD.
LOW CRIME.
>> THAT IS WHEN WE CAUGHT UP WITH KEN MILLER SAYS TRUE HAPPINESS IS FREEDOM.
MAYBE YOUR ZIP CODE IS THE KEY, BUT SOME SUGGEST IT MAY BE MORE ABOUT YOUR DNA CODE.
>> ABOUT HALF THE LINK TO GENETICS -- LINKS TO GENETICS.
IT IS LIKE METABOLISM.
MAYOR PEOPLE THAT CAN EAT ANYTHING THEY WANT AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO STRUGGLE.
THERE ARE SCIENTIFIC THINGS THAT MAKE US HAPPY.
>> THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS ACCORDING TO THIS PROFESSOR.
>> WE THINK OF HAPPINESS AS SOMETHING WITHIN US FOR A RESULT OF CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT LOTS OF RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAPPINESS HAS A TREMENDOUS ROLE IN THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THINGS.
>> IN FACT, IT IS ONLY 10% CIRCUMSTANCES AND IF IT IS INDEED 50% GENETIC, THAT LEAVES US WITH 40% TO DIG IN FOR OUR OWN GOOD MOOD.
>> EXERCISE INCREASES ENDORPHINS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL HAPPIER AND PEOPLE EXERCISING CANNOT ONLY FEEL BETTER WHILE DON’T GET, BUT IT CAN ALSO LAST.
>> I GET GRUMPY IF I HAVE NOT OR DOUBT IN 24 HOURS.
>> IT HARD -- IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE HELEN WEARING ANYTHING BUT A SMILE, BUT SHE SAYS IT IS A PRODUCT OF BEING ON THE MOOD -- ON THE MOVE.
>> THERAPIST DESCRIBED IT AS A WAY TO TREAT DEPRESSION SO IF YOU WORKOUT, IT IS EVERY -- >> GOING FOR A LONG WALK, LIFTING SOME WEIGHTS AND HONESTLY JUST MOVING.
>> OR IS IT ABOUT STILLNESS?
>> EVERYONE WANTS TO BE HAPPY AND EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO ARRANGE THINGS IN A CERTAIN WAY TO ACHIEVE THAT.
IF I LIVE IN THIS PLACE, I HAVE THIS TYPE OF JOB, THESE TYPE OF FRIENDS AND THE ONLY THING THAT IS CHALLENGING HIS THINGS ARE STATIC.
>> HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING AT A BUDDHIST CENTER FOR 15 YEARS.
>> MEDITATION GIVES THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME SPACE AND DECIDE WHEN THIS EMOTIONAL CURATES APPEARS, IF IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN SEE IS USEFUL OR NOT.
>> 69-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW RICARD IS THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD, A FRENCH BUDDHIST MONK WHO SAYS JUST 15 MINUTES OF HAPPY THOUGHTS TODAY WILL LIGHTEN YOUR MIND.
>> THE CAR DOES NOT GET HAPPY, THE HOUSE IS NOT GET HAPPY, YOUR MIND GETS HAPPY.
>> ACCORDING TO A WEBSITE, THEY BASED THE STUDY ON LOW DIVORCE RATES, SALARY, COST-OF-LIVING AND SHORT COMMUTES.
>> THERE WAS A STUDY OF 2000 SETS OF TWINS AND FOUND THAT THE HAPPIER TWINS FOUND THIS COMMON -- SHARED THIS COMMON GENE OF HIGHER SEROTON