 From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens Secret #8: Expand Happiness Main Message: Your happiness will naturally expand the happiness of others in the world. If you create more happiness in your life, it does not take away from the happiness of others. When you respect others and their gifts and talents, people respect you. True happiness does not come from needing the acceptance of others, especially if this acceptance is based on artificial and fleeting judgements and circumstances. When you see that happiness comes from within yourself, not from outside yourself, you have all the tools you need.
 From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens Secret #7: Fear Not Main Message: When we seek the approval of others, we are moving away from our Dharma (purpose). Only we can know what is truly easy or carefree for us … what comes easily, without resistance. If someone wants us to do something that we find hard, say be an extroverted socialite when that makes us really uncomfortable, they are asking us to do something we have resistance to so it is contrary to our nature. The wisest family and friends feed the strengths of those they love to support them in their happiness.
 From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens Secret #6: Enjoy Change Main Message: For most people, change is uncomfortable. And, for all people, change is an inherent part of life. Whether the change is ‘good’, new job, new baby, or ‘bad’, lost job, family sickness, change happens. The feelings associated with the change subside over time and many find that what was originally thought to be a problem was actually the best thing that could have happened. Do not fear change. Do not fear challenge. When challenges arise, and they do, an understanding of detachment can save you a lot of anguish.
 From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens Secret #5: Be Carefree Main Message: To live carefree is to live from a place of effortless ease. We are each unique manifestations of the Divine and we each have gifts and talents that are unique to us. One person might know just the right thing to say when comforting a friend where another knows how to make beautiful art from broken glass. Don’t be jealous of what others can do, seemingly without effort. Rejoice that they have those gifts because, together, as we discover and share our gifts with the world, we move closer to a place of harmony for all.
|  From: The 8 Secrets to Happiness for Kids and Teens Secret #4: Give & Receive Main Message: The secret to attaining what we desire is to give what we seek. As with all laws of the Universe, there is a two way flow thats create a cycle. Everything has a dark and light, birth and death, open and closed, up and down. It is important to note that you cannot keep only one way open and continue to grow and flow. The cycle is to both give and to receive. Receiving is as important for giving, and for many people it is harder than giving.
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