När våren är i luften, solen skiner och alla går omkring med lättare steg och ett leende på läpparna, så känns det som om man har hittat definitionen på [color=#ff0000]Lycka[/color].
Samtidigt är ordet [color=#3366ff]Lycka[/color] flerdimisionellt och individuellt. Såklart.
Men nu verkar t o m forskare varit intrigued av ordet [color=#ff00ff]lycka [/color]och dess innebörd, och det finns ett antal forskare som försöker lösa gåtan på hur man gör världen [color=#339966]lyckligare[/color]. Låter som ett hedersvärt uppdrag som skulle komma oss alla till gagn.
Jag läste i Metro idag att i helgen anordnas världens andra lyckokonferens: [b]Charity International i Stockholm,[/b] på Stockholms Universitet.
Lyckoforskare, politiker, ekonomer och filosofer från hela världen är inbjudna för att diskutera hur man kan gå tillväga för att höja [color=#0000ff]lyckonivån[/color] i världen. Det pratas om att man vill införa ett [color=#800080]lyckoindex[/color] i politiken, dvs ett index som talar om befolkningens genomsnittslycka.
Så hur definieras [color=#cc99ff]lycka[/color] enligt forskningen?:
[b]Välbefinnande och livstillfredställelse. [/b]
[i]Friends, livet är kort så det gäller att ta tillvara på det så mycket vi kan. Försök verkligen att njuta i Nuet, och inte att springa förmycket mellan framtid och dåtid samt alla 'måsten'..[/i]
En av mina favoritlåtar är [i]The Sunscreen Song / Everybodys Free to wear Sunscreen,[/i] som har en text som verkligen får en att tänka till och stanna upp lite och njuta av livet.
Texten kommer ursprungligen ifrån en artikel skriven av Mary Schmich i tidningen Chicago Tribune 1997, (det har dock gått rykten om att det hela var ett avgångstal av en Kurt Vonnegut till MIT studenter, årgång The Class of 1998 men detta är bara ett rykte). Sanningen är dock att regissören Baz Luhrman, mannen bakom b la Moulin Rouge, kom över texten och gillade den så mycket att han köpte rättigheterna och gjorde en låt av texten. Låten, [i]The Sunscreen Song/ Everybodys Free to wear Sunscreen[/i] kom att spelas oavbrutet på amerikansk radio när den släpptes 1999.
Ett dagligt mantra som jag gärna vill dela med mig till er, så gå in på den här länken och ladda ner låten till din IPOD:
[color=#0000ff]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwVVpwBKUp0&feature=related [/color]
[u]Här är texten i dess helhet:[/u]
[b][color=#3366ff][i]Wear sunscreen.[/i][/color][/b][i]
[color=#3366ff]
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The
long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest
of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I
will dispense this advice now.[/color][/i]
[color=#3366ff]
[i]Enjoy the power and beauty of your
youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your
youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos
of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay
before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you
imagine.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Don't worry about the future. Or worry,
but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by
chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on som idle Tuesday.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Do one thing every day that scares you.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Sing.[/i][/color]
[i][color=#3366ff]Don't be reckless with other people's
hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.[/color][/i]
[color=#3366ff][i]Floss.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Don't waste your time on jealousy.
Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the
end, it's only with yourself.[/i]
[i]Remember compliments you receive.
Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Keep your old love letters. Throw away
your old bank statements.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Stretch.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Don't feel guilty if you don't know
what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't
know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting
40-year-olds I know still don't.[/i]
[i]Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your
knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.[/i]
[/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe
you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you
do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your
choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Enjoy your body. Use it every way you
can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the
greatest instrument you'll ever own.[/i]
[i]Dance, even if you have nowhere to do
it but your living room.[/i]
[i]Read the directions, even if you don't
follow them.[/i]
[i]Do not read beauty magazines. They will
only make you feel ugly.[/i]
[i]Get to know your parents. You never
know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best
link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.[/i]
[i]Understand that friends come and go,
but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in
geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people
who knew you when you were young.[/i]
[/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Live in New York City once, but leave
before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it
makes you soft. [/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Travel.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Accept certain inalienable truths:
Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when
you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable,
politicians were noble and children respected their elders.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Respect your elders.[/i][/color]
[color=#3366ff][i]Don't expect anyone else to support
you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you
never know when either one might run out.[/i]
[i]Don't mess too much with your hair or
by the time you're 40 it will look 85.[/i]
[i]Be careful whose advice you buy, but be
patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it
is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. [/i][/color]
[b]
[color=#3366ff][i]But trust me on the sunscreen.[/i][/color][/b]
Lyckokonferensen pågår 31 maj till 1 juni.
Njut av dagen!
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