Jillian’s October Post: The Path to Happiness

In "Ode" magazine, David Servan-Schreiber writes, "Abraham Maslow, the great human psychologist and founder of the human potential movement in the 1960’s, launched a study into why some people are happier than others. His conclusion, like Aristotle’s, was that happier people are more ‘actualized,’ that is, they have gone further in their self-realization."

When I traveled in Out of Africa author Isak Dinesen’s footsteps to Africa, I remembered she had written, "I don’t think anyone can be happy except in conditions that…they have chosen as the expression of their true nature."

So how do we uncover those conditions that express our "true nature"? How do we discover more of ourselves – and enjoy the journey? Travel remains one of the greatest vehicles for self-realization, and provides a chance to have a great time along the way!

Isak Dinesen wrote after her experiences in Kenya. "I have become what I was meant to be here."

Where will you travel next to make your own progress on the path to happiness?