Your brain takes in about 11 million bits of information per second, but you can consciously process only about 40.
That means you're not seeing the full picture. Your attention decides what makes the cut.
Practicing gratitude trains your selective attention system to notice more of what's positive, meaningful, and supportive around you.
It's not that life suddenly gets better.
It's that you start noticing the parts that already are.
—GM
Successor site to the Philosophy of Happiness blog (http://philoshap.blogspot.com/) that supported PHIL 3160 at MTSU, 2011-2019. The course returns Fall 2025.
PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness
What is it, how can we best pursue it, why should we? Supporting the study of these and related questions at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond. "Examining the concept of human happiness and its application in everyday living as discussed since antiquity by philosophers, psychologists, writers, spiritual leaders, and contributors to pop culture."
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Monday, October 27, 2025
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Happy credo
If It’s not the only good, it’s still one of the better ones. “While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my c...
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Let's introduce ourselves, fellow Happiness scholars/pursuers. I'm Dr. Oliver, I've been teaching this course in alternate years...
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Select a topic related to the day's scheduled assigned reading OR to one of the RECOMMENDED texts on reserve in the library (focus on t...
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I'm Dr. Oliver, teacher of this course in alternative Fall semesters at MTSU for many moons now. I, like Thomas Jefferson, think the pu...
Yes !! I want to get this part and make it a regular part of my day!!
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