Gross National Happiness! Bhutan's Groundbreaking New Constitution

Prime Minister Jigme Thinley of Bhutan, has put forth the fascinating yet simple strategy for a healthier, stronger society - Gross National Happiness! Here is an excerpt from the New York Times article " Recalculating Happiness in a Himalayan Kingdom", as reported by Seth Mydan:
"Under a new Constitution adopted last year, government programs — from agriculture to transportation to foreign trade — must be judged not by the economic benefits they may offer but by the happiness they produce.
The goal is not happiness itself, the prime minister explained, a concept that each person must define for himself. Rather, the government aims to create the conditions for what he called, in an updated version of the American Declaration of Independence, “the pursuit of gross national happiness.”

We could all learn an immense amount from "this tiny Buddhist kingdom high in the Himalayan mountains", couldn't we? Read the rest of this inspiring article here.

Left: Bhutanese children, photo from babasteve via MyHappy.com