Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. I live in Southern California and you probably heard of this place called

Disneyland well it's not too far from my home and I've been there many times

over the years and if you've been there many times over the years.

And if you've been there or any of the parks around the world,

you'll know there's a slogan that goes along with Disneyland or Disney World.

It says,

The Happiest place on Earth.

And though Disneyland, it's such a beautiful place, and my family and I have such beautiful

memories about being there over the years.

If you're observant like I am, you know sometimes it isn't the happiest place on Earth.

Sometimes people get there after being there all day they're

exhausted their kids are exhausted and that happy feeling just isn't there.

I used to get sad by it, particularly when I saw a kid crying. So what I did,

and I've done it for many, many years now, is I try to carry my own special toys in my Fannie

Pack, so when I see a kid crying, I pull out my toy,

show it to him or her, and usually that's enough to distract them from whatever is upsetting

them at that moment.

I do think though that that's where a lot of people get caught in regards to happiness.

That happiness is events, things that happen, and if we can have them enough and regular then everything's going to be

wonderful. But I think we'll find that that isn't true. The real fallacy of trying

to put our happiness in something external is that things change.

I mean you get to Disneyland, it's a great day, you're excited, but hours later your feet hurt,

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