Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. There are many things that contribute to our

happiness. We've been talking about them for over five years now. But in this episode,

I want to talk about really what I would call the gold standard of

happiness. What is the main ingredient that we need in order to make sure we have happy lives?

And it may surprise you because there are so many things that can enhance

our happiness. Learning to live in the present moment is key. Being careful of attachments is another one. Making sure we have positive and sometimes

no thoughts going through our heads. Meditation, exercise, spending time with people that we love, loving what we do,

negative visualization, clearly understanding the impermanence of life,

not creating stories in her head, understanding. and why we've been studying it for so long and will continue to so that we can all have beautiful

lives. But there's one thing that needs to be there no matter how much we have all these other

things in place that without this we're just not going to find

happiness and keep it in our lives. That's why I'm calling this episode the gold currency

of happiness. And what is this currency? It's time. Because we need the time to develop

these skills to implement these skills in order to find peace and happiness in our lives.

And what I've seen over the years is that people fall into three camps in regards to time.

They don't have enough time.

They're waiting in cell. Someday they'll have enough time they're waiting in cell someday they'll have enough time for

happiness or they have ample time and they're not using that time well or three they make

enough time for happiness and then they find it and they keep it going throughout

their lives.

Because happiness and peace aren't a goal, something that you reach and then you rest on

your laurels for the rest of your life.

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