3 INGREDIENTS OF HAPPIERNESS
2025-12-08
Mercer Island Drill Team Practices @ 6AM weekdays
and even some Saturdays.
It's the one school program that goes all year.
They were first in state competition last school year!
Last Saturday @ Newport was their first competition for this school year. It was a long afternoon, but as I listen to Arthur Brooks describe ways to HAPPIERNESS, my granddaughter is learning some important values for life!
Brooks states, "Happiness is not an emotion and happierness on a daily basis has three ingredients = "Enjoyment, Satisfaction, Meaning."
The first ingredient is ENJOYMENT that includes people and memories. Too many of us choose pleasure and that has a dead end.
The second ingredient of SATIFACTION needs struggle and sacrifice. A good example is what Malcolm Gladwell describes in OUTLIERS of developing a skill with 10,000 hours.
The third ingredient is MEANING. My granddaughter is one of the captains and finds meaning in her commitment for all four years of her high school career!
The other day I asked her if she wants to be known as a NOUN or VERB? Her immediate response was, "Of course, I want to be a VERB!" A week ago, Sunday, we had 20+ girls in our living room, invited for the purpose of bonding and bringing meaning to their team!!