Senator and Presidential candidate John McCain inadvertently proffered advice that happens to be one of the most effective methods to increase personal happiness levels.
John McCain uttered the sentence "Nothing brings greater happiness in life than fighting for a cause that is greater than yourself" during his nomination acceptance speech on Thursday night, September 4, 2008.
This is an excellent recommendation for increasing global happiness.
We live in an era of pursuing excellence in career, family, and finance. Yet many people believe that they are doing right by aggressively working toward achieving excellence in these areas but actually end up feeling empty.
The truth remains that there is always someone worse off than ourselves. Many times this is overlooked by modern citizens caught up in their busy, achievement seeking lifestyles.
What happens when one individual helps another is that the helper takes greater notice of the positive elements in his or her life. The individual being helped is often reassured by witnessing that there are good people both willing and available to assist with their situation at hand.
Pursuit of happiness has a long history in politics in the United States. The famous line which contains the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is actually the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence, dated July 4th, 1776.
Over one million people search the popular search engine Google each month using the word "happiness" according to Google's keyword search tool.
John McCain's advice to help others in order to increase ones' own happiness is certain to improve the lives of many if they just take action.
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