7 Tips for Finding Happiness

Make a Celebratory Visit

This is a special visit that celebrates what someone else means to you and what they have given to you. It is a joyous form of gratitude, which has been proven in studies to boost mood and health. First, sit down and write a thank-you letter to someone for whom you feel deep love and gratitude. Describe their qualities, such as courage, loyalty, kindness, wit, persistence. Then visit that person, and read your heartfelt description. Celebrate with them the miracle of their life and their presence in yours.

Adapted from Why Good Things Happen to Good People by Stephen Post and Jill Neimark, with permission of Broadway Books.