Marcel Schwantes recently reported in Inc. Magazine what Oprah Winfrey had to say on NPR’s Morning Edition about Lifelong Happiness: “I’m telling you, if you do something to make someone else happier, it’s almost like it comes back to you exactly 100-fold. I got that when I was a little girl living in Mississippi. And it was so rare that we ever got actually like a real candy bar, like Three Musketeers or Snickers. Oh, my god, Almond Joy. And I learned for myself, even as a little kid, that the candy bar tasted better if I had somebody to say, ‘Isn’t this good?’ If I could share it with somebody. And so that philosophy of sharing what you have, understanding that all things in life get better when you share it, and when you do something for someone else, the benefit comes back to you as well as to them. That’s where I get my great joy.” Oprah’s five words for lifelong happiness: “Do something for someone else.”

One Sentence Wisdom

• “A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” — Denis Waitley
• “We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.” — Billy Graham

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