“The Five Keys to Happiness”
- Release hatred from your heart, it does you no good.
- Let go of worry from your mind, you can’t fix it all.
- Live more simply, you don’t need that latest device.
- Give back more, there’s always somebody that needs it more than you do.
- Expect less not of yourself, but for yourself.
I chose psychiatry as my career path more than four decades ago. While in medical school I was asked at an interview for a residency training program why I was interested in psychiatry. My answer was I wanted to help people be “happy.” Perhaps a bit naïve at the time yet looking back on that answer I’d like to think that we all could do worse than assisting others in becoming content.