VIII.            BOOK OF HAPPINESS

Surround yourself with interesting and reliable people and enrich your life with songs, books, movies and the likes that make you feel good.
Share your happy moments with others, develop a mental suntan and be thankful for the good things in life!

a.  Laughing is the best medicine :

-         1) Dilbert, Dilbert in Spanish

-         2) Comics

-         3) Chinglish

-         4) Humour du jour

-         5) Funny pictures

-         6) Random jokes in Spanish

-         7) Sitio de chistes (chistes, fotos, ilusiones ópticas)

-         8) Ruthe (German cartoon strip)

b.      Friends' links :

-          1) Arno Baumgärtel (movie buff)

-          2) Bruce Cason (English lessons)

-          3) Christian Wick (Spanish courses in Ecuador)

-          4) Shau Chung (click on  “lifestyle” to see my photos)

-          5) Michael Huberts (designer)

-          6) Pablo Yamamoto (a Japo-Peruvian in Frankfurt)

-          7) Michael Pahl (expert on Asia)

-          8) Viviane Daguzan & Jean-Pierre Bovée (window paintings)

c.      Let's break the ice and keep in touch! :

-         1) "Thank you" in over 465 languages

-         2) Cute tips for happiness

-         3) Happy smileys

-         4) Find out your sign in the Chinese zodiac, Get a Chinese name

-         5) International audiobooks (free excerpts)

-         6) Music is one source of happiness

-         7) University

-         8) Friends

d.      Les "leçons du bonheur" :

-          1) Un bon moyen de gâcher son bonheur, c'est de faire des comparaisons.
   / A good way to spoil one's happiness is to make comparisons.

-          2) Le bonheur, c'est de pouvoir partager son bonheur avec des gens qu'on aime.
  / Happiness is being able to share your happiness with people you like.

-          3) Beaucoup de gens voient leur bonheur seulement dans le futur.
  / Many people only see their happiness as being in the future.

-          4) Le bonheur, c'est de se sentir utile aux autres / Happiness is feeling useful to others.

-          5) Le bonheur, c'est d'être avec des gens qu'on aime. / Happiness is being with people that you like.

-          6) Le bonheur, c'est d'avoir une occupation qu'on aime. / Happiness is having a job that you like.

-          7) Le bonheur, c'est de ne sentir jamais pressé. / Happiness is when you don't feel rushed for time.

-          8) Le bonheur, c'est quand quelqu'un te fait confiance / Happiness is when someone trusts you..

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
                                                                                           
-- Oscar Wilde