Like so many other positive acts, it turns out that hugging boosts our immune system. Plus it just plain feels good! So hug someone today, perhaps a person who seems particularly in need.

People teach what they most need to learn.

Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for the gift itself and later, in recall, for the miracle of having been given it.

Gratitude is a feeling of fullness, a recognition of the heart of what we are receiving in this moment.

Eating healthy and exercising won't help you if it's only temporary.

In every single moment, we have the choice to be happy or not. No matter what is going on, we can choose to focus on what is right, what is good and whole in ourselves and our lives, and what options we have in any given situation. In other words, we can choose to be happy no matter what.

We can't wait until everything is OK-with us or with the rest of the world-to feel thankful, or we will never experience joy at all.