The Science of Happiness (13)

I watched this and thought I'd share.
It made me cry a little :)
Call me a fool, but I believe in this, and I am not just grateful to those who inspired me and gave me good times, but also to some who gave me bad times, for I learned through the pains and terrors too.

Anyway: The Science of Happiness - An Experiment in Gratitude

"Psychologists have scientifically proven that one of the greatest contributing factors to overall happiness in your life is how much gratitude you show"



Kant said, "ingratitude is among the vices that are the essence of vileness and wickedness"

watched that id love to upload a scud missile to him

Having been on the receiving end of ingratitude (same as I am sure others have been) I very much agree with Kant.



so true




because you don't like the guy or because you disagree with being grateful?



Interesting read

Kant was a philosopher so I think what he is alluding to is a sense of gratituted rather than incidences of personal gratitute. In other words, those who have a sense of gratitute for their life exhibit a goodness. I'm sure that retaining a sense of wonder, a sense of innocence and a sense of adventure are also things that make an individual happier.

In a recent thread I said I found atheists/humanists to be quite vile people. Not that some are not personable and quite gregarious but their reliance on reason, intellect and science as their supreme guidance and their disbelief in anything greater than these, makes them such ingrates they exude a self-importance and true ignorance which I can only stomach in small doses.

I think the full Kant quote goes something like this:
"Ingratitude is among the vices that are the essence of vileness and wickedness. It is inhuman to hate and persecute one from whom we have reaped a benefit, and if such conduct were the rule it would cause untold harm. Men would then be afraid to do good to anyone lest they should receive evil in return for their good."

That would to me mean he is actually referring to personal interactions, but maybe I am interpreting him wrong.

As for the atheist/humanist argument, I am torn there, as while I agree with sensing some of what you state there in atheists, I have in turn felt that I can end sensing something similar in some 'believers'. The latter then when believers seem to claim an almost personal relationship to their god(s), and as if through having that relationship they are somewhat 'better', almost like some will sound like that because they know someone 'famous' or 'rich/powerful'.

I am not religious, I am just insane.. I apologize even to stones when I kick them and say thank you my toaster

How did the young mans Mother know it was him calling?

no clue, could be they linked the sets, but not sure how actually 'real' the vid itself is, just the message on its own I personally believe in