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What is happiness? Where does happiness come from? In the article of “Geography of bliss” by Eric Weiner, the author talk about geography is behind happiness. The second article is “Be cool to the pizza dude” by Sarah Adams, the author talks about the five principles behind happiness. The two articles discuss happiness and despite the Geography of Bliss say that happiness is led to geography and “be cool to the pizza dude “says happiness lives inside of us. Both articles agree that there is no geography behind happiness, it is universal happiness and happiness is found everywhere.
The five principles Sarah Adam's talks about in her article are humility, forgiveness, empathy, honor, and equality. According to Adams," You give happiness and as in a return you get back happiness". Principle one is having humility and forgiveness. The author is trying to say if the pizza dude cuts you off its ok because they are in a rush to deliver the pizza, we should learn to have forgiveness. Principle two is practice in empathy. Everyone knows that pizza delivery is not the best paying job out ther...

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