The World Book of

Happiness
Heather Beattie
Cliftonville Integrated Primary
School
Belfast
Comenius Project
Whistling to School
!ove of !ife
"ll of us have to learn ho# to
enjoy life$ depending on the
resources availa%le to us$ #hile at
the same time striving to achieve
the %est for ourselves and others&
"hmed '$ "%del()halek
*gypt
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The 'e-ican Wave
( Happiness is a journey not a
destination&
( "ccept things as they come& To
%e happy$ #e need to enjoy #hat
#e have&
( .ou al#ays have the freedom to
choose the manner in #hich you
#ish to approach any given
situation&
/r$ 0os1 de 0es2s 3arc4a 5ega
'e-ico
Pg 67
"round the World
( There seems to %e strong
similarities in #hat determines
happiness across humankind$
regardless of the conte-tual
environment8 age$ health$
employment and income&
( Human %eings are remarka%le at
adapting to %oth good and %ad
circumstances&
( The same individual capacity to
adapt to adversity can result in
collective tolerance for very poor
norms of health$ security and
governance&
Carol 3raham
9S"
Pg +::
The /a#n of !ove
People are People %ecause of
other people& I e-ist %ecause you
e-ist&
/r& "nastasia ' Bukashe
South "fricia
Pg ;:<
"fter the Tsunami
( Start a dialogue and create
meaning$ %y e-changing stories
of concrete success&
(
( Highlight the strengths #ithin
every person involved in the
organisation&
(
( /ream your future together and
make a plan #ith priorities= %uild
on the strengths of the people
involved&
'aulol T& "mosa
Samoa
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