By now, most of you have come to terms with the fact that you didn't the lottery this past weekend. Hashem runs the world. There must be a reason for it. For me, I can definitely come up with a reason. I didn't make any hishtadlut - I didn't buy a ticket.
Anyway, author Sara Yoheved Rigler says that the happiness of winning won't last forever.
In fact, psychological studies do indicate that people have a “set happiness level.” One study revealed that whether a person wins the lottery or becomes paralyzed from the neck down, three to six months after the event, his/her happiness level returns to what it was before.
This finding bothered Professor of Psychology Robert Emmons of the University of California in Davis. He launched an experimental investigation for a way to “nudge up the happiness set point.” His experiments revealed the agent that indeed produces long-term happiness: gratitude. Prof. Emmon’s experiments showed that keeping a gratitude journal increases long-term happiness levels by 25%.
Read full article titled Passover & the phenomenal power of choosing to be grateful.
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