LRNhappiness / About

foundation

LRNhappiness is dedicated to empowering and inspiring people to pursue happiness. With education comes awareness, and awareness brings a better understanding of our choices, which in turn supports our ability to make more informed decisions. Our ability to make informed decisions is a key component of being happy.

Whom we choose to be in relationship with is one of the most important decisions we make in our lifetime, especially whom we pick for a life partner. Our relationships give our lives meaning, purpose, and—if we’ve chosen well—a deep, abiding, renewing happiness.

finding time for happiness

“Being happy” is getting a lot of attention these days. In the context of our relationships, there are undeniable signs that we don’t do a very good job with it, and maybe that’s partly because no one really offers much instruction on how to do it or what it looks like. Parents are working, busy, distracted, and tired. Teachers don’t have time in their curriculum. Those beer commercials are a tad incomplete. It is assumed we’ll just figure it out on our own as we go along, and by the time we might think to ask about it, well, it’s embarrassing. Rather than risk embarrassment—or some other uncomfortable feeling—we tell ourselves it’ll “just happen,” “one day,” after I finish school or get a job or find the right person or buy a house or have kids or lose 20 pounds........or we might tell ourselves that being happy is overrated, not in the cards, or just plain too much effort.

happiness applied

Enough with the stories! We can learn about being happy. We can gain insight into the components of a happy life. We can make more informed life decisions with an eye to staying on the path of happiness. We can apply our understanding of being happy across our lives—school, work, play, community—and, at the very heart of it all, our relationships.

LRNhappiness believes that being happy is a worthwhile pursuit, and strives to support you in your journey.

praise from
dr. livingston

“ Robin Patterson's conversion
of my book, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, into a high school course is at once flattering and very impressive. The principles contained herein—that we are defined by our behavior, that we are largely responsible for what we make of ourselves, that we need to be astute about whom to avoid and whom to cherish as we move through our lives—all are ideas of vital importance. I hope that those who partake of this curriculum, both teachers and students, will appreciate the work that has gone into creating it. We can never know enough about the pursuit of happiness. ”

Gordon Livingston, M.D.