Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic. - Sonja Lyubomirsky

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Women are one of the most important segments of the adventure travel industry. Women make the vast majority of travel decisions in families - not only the destinations, but the activities. They are the predominant adventure travel planners.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.

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It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment.

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If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action.

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If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new understandings, seek new achievements, and control their thoughts and feelings. In sum, our intentional, effortful activities have a powerful effect on how happy we are, over and above the effects of our set points and the circumstances in which we find themselves. If an unhappy person wants to experience interest, enthusiasm, contentment, peace, and joy, he or she can make it happen by learning the habits of a happy person.

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Thus the key to happiness lies not in changing our genetic makeup (which is impossible) and not in changing our circumstances (i. e. , seeking wealth or attractiveness or better colleagues, which is usually impractical), but in our daily intentional activities.

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Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.

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