A single sentence in this month’s Wise Words article by Sandra Yeyati, Anil Gupta on Immediate Happiness—you can find it on our website, AwakeningCharlotte.com—really struck me. According to Gupta, “there are two types of people on the planet: ones that make you happy when they enter a room and ones that make you happy when they leave a room.” My immediate thought: I hope I make far more people happy when I enter than when I leave. 

Gupta describes a happiness formula of G (Give) times G (Grateful) times G (Grow), explaining that “what’s beautiful about this formula is that any time you feel low or upset, one of the three Gs has drastically dropped down. All you have to do is work out which of them it is.”

I really like this article because it breaks happiness down to very basic components, and I am drawn to simplicity. Anything remotely convoluted just doesn’t resonate with me. Our world seems to be getting more and more complex, making “simplicity” more elusive and attractive. My quick takeaways are to keep a tab on my Gs and be mindful how I enter the room. Easy.

Wishing you simplicity, ease and many happy entrances,

Shannon