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How to Find Happiness: 7 Timeless Tips from the Last 2500 Years

행복 찾기 : 2500년이 전해주는 시간을 초월한 7개의 조언

1. Choose.(선택 하기)

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

The world of those who are happy is different from the world of those who are not.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

2. Focus on the present, not yesterday or tomorrow.(어제나 내일아닌 현재에 집중하기)

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
James Oppenheim

3. Don’t forget to be grateful.(감사함을 잊지 말기)

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
Frederick Keonig

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust

4. Help someone else find happiness.(이웃의 행복 찾아주기)

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Buddha

If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.
Chinese Proverb

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.
Bernard Meltzer

5. Get rid of a couple of your less valuable desires.(덜 소중한 욕망 제거 하기)

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Epicurus

You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
Eric Hoffer

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.
Henry David Thoreau

6. Do what you like to do.(좋아 하는것 하기)

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

7. Or at least do something.(아니면 적어도 뭔가 하기)

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Benjamin Disraeli

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain

Crisis & Opportunity

I came across interesting phrase during the business trip. It made more than a sense, and thought worth sharing with others…

"危" signifies "crisis" and "機" signifies "opportunity"

How do you view the current economic crisis?

A crisis? or An opportunity?

출장시 어느회사의 회의실에 걸려있던 액자에서 본 문구입니다. 평소에 미처 생각해보지 못했던…

"危"는 위험을, "機" 는 기회를 의미합니다.

당신은 지금의 경제위기를

위험으로 보십니까? 기회로 보십니까?

Family Pictures

For the memories of 814 Sybil, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2008-2009



Alexander, Mat, Dan, Alex, Mike, Dave, Andrew, and Ryan...Wish you all of you the best of luck !!!

Graduation Day

After 4 years of hard(?) work, my son, Alexander, and his 7 roommates all had graduated today. The graduation ceremony was held at the "The Big House", and the speaker for the commencement was Larry Page, Google co-founder and University of Michigan alumnus.

However, the most impression was made by George Dong who made remarks on behalf of graduating class. George arrived here from China with a minimum command in English, but after graduating from Michigan, he will be teaching English to children in Chicago. George’s speech was humorous, well delivered, and well received.

Most of all, Alexander and his 7 roommates will move on with their lives with aspiration of becoming lawyer, opera singer, engineer, physicist, human rights activist, and environmentalist.

For some of you who does not know what “The Big House” is, let me provide you with a short introduction.

“The Big House” is nickname for Michigan Stadium, the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium has often been called "The Carnegie Hall of all Sports" . It was built in 1927, at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Today, Michigan Stadium has an official capacity of 106,201, due to renovations for the 2008 season. The stadium previously had a capacity of 107,501 spectators. The football game attendance often exceeds 111,000 when band members, stadium staff, and others are added. The largest crowd in NCAA college football history was 112,118 on November 22, 2003 for a game against Ohio State.

Currently the stadium lists as the second largest in the United States, behind Penn State's Beaver Stadium, due to a reduction of 1,300 seats resulting from a lawsuit filed on behalf of disabled patrons. The former official capacity of 107,501 made The Big House the largest stadium in the United States up until the recent changes.

Currently “The Big House” is going through $230 million renovation which will result in addition of luxury boxes and 5200 seats. Upon completion of renovation, “The Big House” will regain the honor of being largest stadium in the United States.