Money does buy happiness, but there are also many other ways to make you happy. You can increase the happiness in your life within minutes by taking more notice of things that make you happy. Here are some of them.

◆Life

It's easy to forget that the fact that you are alive. As the old saying goes," Every day above ground is a good day. "

◆Friendship

Almost everyone has friends, although it's easy to lose news about them in the rush of events. Today, take a few minutes to reconnect(重新联系) with some of them.

◆Family

If you've got a good relationship with your family, enjoy it! You're experiencing one of the deepest sources(来源) of happiness.

◆Self-reliance

Feeling sure that you can depend on yourself to complete what you set out to complete creates quiet but strong happiness.

◆Laughter

It is impossible to laugh and be sad at the same time. Laughter are more useful than medicine. I's the flavor of life.

◆Gratitude(感激)

Be thankful for the wonderful things already in your life, instead of focusing on what you don't have or what's out of reach.

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From my father I have learned a lot. And I'm very thankful to him. I remember when I was a child, my father always got up very early. He was afraid to wake up others, so he1put on his clothes and went off to work. To arrive in time to open his tiny store at 8:30, he needed to leave our apartment at 6:30. After all, he had to take a bus and then the subway. The last2 was a long walkthrough a neighborhood much of which was full of the smell of rubbish. I learned: it is very important to work. No3.

When I was 12, I would, on Saturdays, go to my father's store to 4. After helping set up the outside clothing display(陈列), for the rest of the day, I'd watch to make sure no one stole anything. When I noticed someone looking 5 or strange, I would look the person in the eye, smile and say, ""May I help you?" Usually that6, but sometimes, someone would run off with something. The first time, I ran after the thief7my father shouted, "Martin, stop! There is no need to do that." It's true that8is more important than money.

After 10 years of hard work, he saved up enough money to buy his first car, a cheap one—he wouldn't buy one9he could afford to pay for it without borrowing money. I learned: buy only what you can afford. Buying10food and clothing won't make us go in debt(债务). The unnecessary things won't give us happiness, which comes from the achievement only.

Once upon a time there were two men. One of them was a pauper; the other was a banker. The banker was rich. So it was normal that the rich man would be happier than the pauper. But their natures were opposite, for the poor man was happy but the banker was not. The banker was annoyed that while he didn't fall asleep at night, the pauper slept peacefully and always awoke rested and full of energy.

One day the banker could no longer stand it. He decided to find out why the pauper was a happy man in spite of his poverty(贫穷). So he invited him to his house and asked him his yearly income because he believed that happiness could only be measured according to wealth.

"I don't count too well; nor do I really care. I live each day as it comes and never worry about the next. "

"Well, then, just tell me how much you earn in one day," insisted the rich man.

"I earn what I need. And even that would be too much for all the Sundays and holidays when I would close my shop."

The banker liked the pauper. He wished to thank him for coming to his house, so he presented the poor man with a bag of gold coins.

Now, to the pauper these gold coins, which meant so little to the banker, seemed a great fortune(财富). He decided to hide the bag so that he would have the money if ever he should need it. So, when he returned to his house, he dug a big hole in a corner of the garden, threw the bag into it, and covered it with dirt.

But from that day on, the poor man's life changed—he began to worry about the safety of his money. Every night he slept a little less, and each time he heard the slightest sound, he became anxious about the safety of his coins.

Finally, he could no longer stand his unhappiness. He went to the garden, dug up the gold coins and returned them to the banker.

The pauper had learned an important lesson, and so had the banker.