The Tennessee chapter of The Way to
Happiness Foundation observed International Day of Happiness on March 20th
by spreading its message to those who need it most.
According to NeighborhoodScout.com in 2013,
Edgehill neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee was the 18th most dangerous
neighborhood in America. The website claims that a resident of the neighborhood
had a 1 in 14 chance of being a victim of a crime over the period of one year. For
that reason, the Tennessee chapter of The Way to Happiness decided to
distribute copies of the “The Way To Happiness” booklet in the neighborhood on
the United Nations International Day of Happiness.
Volunteers passed out more than 250
booklets in the heart of Edgehill, where government provides housing for a low
income population. NeighborhoodScout.com also reports that, “…[Edgehill] has an
income lower than 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.”
The Way to Happiness Foundation, based in
Los Angeles with chapters across the world, was formed to forward the booklet
of the same name written by L. Ron Hubbard, which details 21 precepts that are
predicated on the fact that one’s survival depends on the survival of others.
According
to thewaytohappiness.org, “This code of conduct can be followed by anyone, of
any race, color or creed and works to restore the bonds that unite humankind.”
The
Way to Happiness aims at giving people back a sense of what is right and wrong
in a way that is easy to understand. In the two decades since it was authored,
some 80 million copies of the book passed hand to hand. It’s
been found uniformly that where this booklet is distributed en masse, the crime
rate of the area plummets. For
more information, visit thewaytohappiness.org.
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