The Basic Law of Happiness: The quality of your life is determined by how you feel at any given moment. Happiness springs not from events but from how you interpret those events.

I remember getting separated from my 4-year-old daughter one day in the mall. It happened in a split second. Suddenly, she was gone. My heart sunk, leapt, stopped and pounded out of control all at the same time, and all in a split second. I imagined the worst: Kidnapping, rape, slavery for the rest of her life, and on and on. The reality, we just got separated for a couple of minutes. My happiness was nonexistent because of my interpretation of events. The reality of the situation was no cause for alarm, but my interpretation extinguished my happiness like a tidal wave on a camp fire on the beach.

The Law of integrity: Happiness is a by-product of choosing to live your life consistent with your highest values and aspirations. When we act in accordance to our highest values, we enjoy a higher level of enduring happiness, not situational happiness. Our happiness can be a good determiner to help us find our highest values and aspirations. Often what we think is important to us, in the end doesn't bring enduring happiness. As a result we would be wise to reconsider our supposed values. Let your happiness be your guide.

The Law of Expression: Whatever you express with conviction triggers thoughts, ideas and actions consistent with those words. As a result, pick your words very carefully. Words mean things. They carry great energy, and are the very foundation of physical creation. All physical creation is initiated by words. Choose accurate, positive words and limit, to the best of your ability, negative limiting words: can't, don't like, hate, stupid, or any of the long litany of emotionally suppressive "four letter" words that we often let creep unintentionally into our vocabulary.