Thanksgiving

Published: October 9, 2007, 1:04 pm

Okay, I finally gave in, the kids won. I bought them the Nintendo Wii, and I don’t know why I waited. It’s a tonne of fun, and a good workout. It was Thanksgiving, so here’s something from Newsweek on The power of gratitude ( I will add my comments in brackets) In a new book, Deborah Norville marshals medical studies to advance her argument that a little bit of thank you' goes a long way toward happiness. Newsweek Updated: 3:56 p.m. ET Oct 3, 2007 Oct. 3, 2007 - Psychology has long concerned itself with what ails the human mind. Since the days of Freud, the field has been synonymous with terms like neurosis and repression. Over the past decade, a new and growing branch of this established field has been trying to answer an opposite, but equally elusive question: what makes us happy? According to those who study positive psychology fame and fortune don't even play a bit part, and genes may play only a supporting role. But one ingredient

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