{"id":394914,"date":"2021-04-28T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=394914"},"modified":"2021-04-29T15:32:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T19:32:20","slug":"rush-unlocks-the-secret-to-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/04\/28\/rush-unlocks-the-secret-to-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush Unlocks the Secret to Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRETT: You know, Rush was right. Happiness. It comes from other people feeling good rather than ourselves. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” New research published by a team of psychologists at the University of Missouri Columbia suggests that King\u2019s words are as true today as they were a half century ago, that our own happiness is, in large part, is influenced by the kindness and generosity that we show to others.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Rush…<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: It can be said that some of the greatest feelings of satisfaction that people will ever experience are when they\u2019ve done something for somebody else that that person couldn\u2019t do for themselves. For people that experience that, there\u2019s nothing like it. It is a great, great, great feeling of — I don\u2019t want to belittle it by getting the definition wrong. Satisfaction, achievement. There\u2019s something deeply meaningful about it. So to be able to make a difference in somebody\u2019s life in a way they might not be able to themselves.<\/p>\n

\"\"Happiness is an expectation that people have. It\u2019s part of being an American. It\u2019s in the Declaration of Independence. We declared that the right to pursue happiness is a right granted by God, that it\u2019s part of the natural yearning of the human spirit. People are constantly seeking happiness. They\u2019re seeking contentment. They\u2019re seeking ways out of misery and malaise. So any time there\u2019s a story that comes along that tells people how to do it, I think it\u2019s fun to recount it and share with you some of the tips that are offered.<\/p>\n

But, you know, many people are excellent at giving, as this program is illustrating. But, you know, it is tough to receive, and the older you get, like I, I am lousy at receiving gifts. I\u2019ve gone into deep training to learn how to receive gifts better, because it\u2019s the giving — you know, you don\u2019t want to take away the pleasure of somebody giving you something by being a lousy receiver. I\u2019m not kidding. How many times have you given somebody something and they\u2019ve destroyed your feeling of goodwill by acting, “I don\u2019t want this. I can\u2019t take this. Oh, no, no, no.” Yes, and they make you force it on them. Learn to be a good receiver, folks. We can all give, and it\u2019s, actually it\u2019s fun to give. There\u2019s no question as you get older, and the holiday season, of course, emphasizes this, it\u2019s the giving that\u2019s fun.<\/p>\n

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