Hi George,
Great site ¦-)
I recommend you check out the (inexpensive book) "Destructive Emotions" by Daniel Goleman and the Dalai Llama. This is the result of a conference with several leading researchers, like Paul Ekman, who I didn't spot on your site. (This book mentions, in passing, that smiling can indeed induce a happy feeling as well as vice versa). Also, a great 'free online book' I would recommend is 'Good Mood' by Julian Simon:
-- Mal
P.S. It's a shame a smiley is often used to imply sarcasm. Maybe we need a non-Duchenne smiley when we really mean unadulterated, positive happiness. A proper smile involves a bnarrowuing ofthe eyes. So, what about the following?:
¦-)
A quick Google search shows ^_^ as another possibility
-----Original Message-----
From: George Ortega [mailto:georgeo57@...]
Sent: 12 August 2004 08:39
To: a HappinessGroup
Subject: [happinessgroup] The Happiness Show websiteHi everyone,I've created a website for my cable television program, The Happiness Show, which will hopefully premiere sometime in September. I would appreciate any suggestions about how it could be improved, and if anyone wants to help me compile a collection of happiness papers on the web for the site, that would be great.Thanks,
