International Day of Happiness

The following e-mail was originally posted on March 20, 2018

Today, March 20, is the International Day of Happiness


The following are a couple of articles that may help you learn how to be happy



And for the activists amongst us (which I guess I am one) the following is the website where you can sign up to do something to make others "happy"

http://www.dayofhappiness.net/#join

Finally, here is a rather recent music video that may help you achieve a state of happiness


Or if you are an old school guy (like I guess I am) here is the video that still sets the standard


So, if I have done my job, you all can have a bit of a smile and can be just a little bit

Happy,

Everett "Skip" Jenkins

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