The Secret Society of Happy People is happy to announce the Happiest Events and Moments of 2012:
5. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.
4. Gabby Douglas’s talent and smile captured our hearts when she became the first African-American to win the Olympic all-around gold in gymnastics at age 16.
3. Viral YouTube videos kept us smiling, singing and dancing: “Gangnam Style” by South Korean pop star Psy, officially passed one billion YouTube views and “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen got everyone from the Harvard Baseball team to Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders to Cookie Monster releasing their own YouTube lip-synched versions of the song.
2. The 50 Shades of Gray trilogy got everyone reading, thinking and talking about sex — to the tune of almost 40 million copies sold worldwide – reminding us that sex makes virtually everyone happy.
1. The world was relieved and amused on December 21, 2012, when the infamous Mayan calendar end of the world prediction proved to be another false alarm. So we’re now getting ready to ring in a Happy 2013.
What do you think was the happiest moment of 2012?
Written by Pamela Gail
Pamela Gail Johnson founded the Society of Happy People in 1998.
The Society is grounded on Pamela’s four key Practical Happiness Principles:
Pamela identified 31 Types of Happiness that are on the SOHP App Happiness Counter to make it easier to recognize moments of happiness.
Pamela also plans and organizes the Society of Happy People's annual happiness celebrations:
She's also a speaker, trainer, and author.
A few of her personal smile starters include her monthly book club, yoga, traveling and meeting new happy people.
I believe the global sales for 50 Shades of Gray is 40 million, not billion. 🙂
Happiest moment hands down was hearing the doctors say my grandson was 100% recovered! PTL!
Oh yes, these will be remembered! My happiest moment of 2012 was getting clear I wanted to work from home as a writer and web builder! That was happy!!
What a GREAT twist of the end of year posts! Love it!
Call me Maybe was everywhere…people singing it where ever it plays…young, older…it’s really really pleasing to watch!
Very interesting list. About the Mayan calendar, one of the funniest things I read after the date was “If we learned anything from Mayans it’s that if we don’t complete something, it’s not the end of the world.” 2012 was a rollercoaster year for me, not sure what moment was the happiest.
Great list! Thanks for sharing.