Dogs really do make the best walking companions. Yael Greenberg with Rico. Photo by Joan Brady Photo by Joan Brady
George Greenberg: Healed inside and out. If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
Up against my deadline, I was slogging through multiple scientific studies that show the correlation between doing good for others and happiness, when I came across that Chinese proverb. And I was delighted to find it. It does a good job of characterizing the studies results and all that technical jargon was, quite frankly, making my eyes glaze over.