Happy

The local University, Southern Utah U., has a series of lectures each year by various lecturers. Last weeks was by Roko Belic, who produced the movie 'Happy', as found on Netflix. I don't have Netflix, so can not comment on the movie, but his hour lecture was very interesting. His bio states he spent a year backpacking around the world and 6 years getting material for his movie. He stated that from his experiences he found two key elements to being happy.

Bear with me while I run with this. His first condition was to travel the world and not just travel but do so as the locals do. Don't rent a car, take a bus or walk. Do it for weeks or months, not days. This sounds suspiciously what this forum is all about, so those who have already traveled the Camino must belong in Disneyland, the happiest kingdom.

Secondly, he emphasized the 'giving' aspect for happiness. Helping others, the basis of the forum, is evidently good for the soul as is assisting other pilgrims on the trail by medical, carrying a pack or just a smile.

Just thought I should pass along the 'secret' to happiness, which, it seems, most of the forum members have already found.

I didn't mean to get too sappy in my original post. I was just encouraged to find out that someone who has spent years trying to determine what makes people happy ended up with the same formula as this forum. BTW, this week seems to be International Happiness Week.