We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.
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About Ethel Percy Andrus

Ethel Percy Andrus was a 19th-century American educator who founded aarp. Ethel Percy Andrus was a long-time educator and the first female high school principal in California. She was also an elder rights activist and the founder of AARP in 1958. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment

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