The Good Life
Sweet Bites for December 6, 2024
Hi all,
Welcome to another edition of Sweet Bites, Mind Candy’s bite-sized newsletter with thought-provoking finds to send you into the weekend with.
This week we kicked off December’s theme of happiness and flourishment.
Any of the below bites resonate? Hit the reply button and let me know.
🦉 Wisdom
“Questions of human well-being run deeper than any explicit code of morality. Morality—in terms of consciously held precepts, social contracts, notions of justice, etc.—is a relatively recent development. Such conventions require, at a minimum, complex language and a willingness to cooperate with strangers, and this takes us a stride or two beyond the Hobbesian "state of nature.””
Sam Harris
Source: The Moral Landscape
📰 Articles I Enjoyed This Week
Can you choose to believe something just like that
Music can change how you feel about the past
The world proving we can work together
💡 Favorite Note I Saw This Week
Take a moment and just watch as a glass chandelier is built piece by piece. We’re often too busy moving to notice the beautiful things humans can and do create everyday. Here’s your reminder to slow down and stop and see how someone spends their time and dedication to a craft.
🧘🏼♂️ Feeling The Good Life
Having been a part of the longest running happiness project for several decades, the below video is Robert Waldinger’s TED talk on what makes people happy.
Tracking individuals, and in some cases families, through their lives has helped researchers better understand what brings each of us happiness.
Overwhelmingly, our happiness is built around the relationships we have. You can read more about the happiness project in The Good Life.
If you enjoyed the above, you may also enjoy this animated version of Waldinger’s work.
🎙 Podcast Worth a Listen
In the below podcast episode, Sam Harris speaks with renowned happiness expert Arthur Brooks. Brooks writes a weekly happiness column in The Atlantic which is read by millions.
📚 This Week’s Monday Meditation
✏️ This Week’s Wednesday Wisdom
Until next time,
D.A. DiGerolamo
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