Mission for Happy Home

Adjust the Volume of Your Voice

Sounds affect your emotions. Sounds pleasing to the ears like nature sounds let you relax, while car horns and mechanical noise make you frown and increase your stress. The same goes for human voices. Laughter, singing, and compliment make the other person feel good, while angry voice, irritating words, and…

Wake Up Your Family in a Good Mood

How do you usually get up? Some people get up at once when the alarm sounds, while others barely open their eyes after the alarm sounds several times as a heavy sleeper. Also there are some people who dally in bed and spring to their feet, surprised to know that…

Let’s Play ‘The Glad Game’

Pollyanna, the major character in the American novel Pollyanna published in 1913, is a very positive character who finds joy anytime, anywhere, and in any matter. For example, when she came to live in the attic with no window curtains, she said she was so glad to have nothing that…

My Sweet Home

What would it taste like if you describe love with taste? Koreans often liken affectionate glance to honey dripping eyes. And just like honeymoon and sweet home, when comparing love and happiness with taste, it is often expressed in sweetness. Actually, sweet means pleasant in many languages. Adequate sugar calms…

I Am the Supporter of My Family!

When we watch sports, we can see the people who are as enthusiastic as the players. They are supporters. Supporters refer to the people who support or sponsor a specific group or person, or the people who cheer for players in the stadium. The supporters’ backing and cheering give players…

Lively Family Is Good at Greeting

As a proverb says, “The way you greet someone determines how he will welcome you,” greetings are the key to success in your social life. Greetings are not only the way to be polite but make the other person feel good because they are an expression of your good feeling…

Make a Family Time Capsule

What plans did you make with your family around this time last year? In the New Year, we make many plans to spend the year more fruitfully. As time passes, however, it tends to end in smoke unlike the first resolution. How about writing down those goals and commitments this…

Family Awards Ceremony

At the end of every year, various awards ceremonies are held. It is to recognize and reward for the labor of those who have shown remarkable performance in each field and those who have made efforts steadily in their own places though they were not acknowledged. No matter what it…

Grant Your Family’s Small Wishes

Fairy tales often feature someone who grants wishes of the main character. So the main character can live a new life or overcome crises and find happiness thanks to the wish granter. This can happen not only in fairy tales. If you make a little bit more effort, you can…

Improve Your Family’s Strengths!

If you want a seed or a plant to grow well, you need to place it on the spot with good sunlight and wind and raise it with care, rather than leaving it alone. It is the same with the seed of love. If you do not express love to…

Treat Your Family Gently As You Do to Your Customers!

When you go to a restaurant for a meal or when you enter a store to buy something, if shop assistants give a warm welcome to you, you will feel very good. Even if you are not so satisfied with a product, you may sometimes buy it because of the…

Relieve Your Family’s Fatigue!

Fatigue accumulates in your body because of what you do at school, at work, or at home. If fatigue lasts long, it can have a bad effect on your body and mind; so you must relieve it each time. Among many ways to recover from fatigue, there is more powerful…

Make a Family Cheer Song!

A song has the power to make people closer together. The sense of closeness increases while all sing along the rhythm and melody in unison. Sports supporters and marching soldiers become one in mind by chanting together. What about a family song at home just like sports chants in the…

Express Your Mind with a Pen!

Handwriting is one of the cultures that gradually disappear due to the popularization of computers and smart phones. As keyboard or touch screen enables you to easily send messages and letters, people rarely use a pen or a pencil these days. However, handwriting with great care will move the other…

Become a Hidden Assistant of Your Family!

How will you feel if someone cares about you, pleases you, and is willing to help you when you have a hard time? You will be happy, encouraged, and reassured as well. You know that? You already have that person. It is your family. However, you may often forget that.…

Respect Your Family’s Emotions!

We have many emotions-joy, sadness, anger, expectation, fear, gratitude, etc. We want to express these emotions in any way, and we feel stable and happy when our emotions are respected by others. Expressing our emotions in a healthy way, and understanding and accepting each other’s feelings are the basics of…

Say Good Morning!

In the past in Korea, there were manners in which children greeted their parents with regards every morning. After washing and dressing neatly, they greeted their parents and arranged their bedding or brought water for their washing up. In this busy modern society, such customs have already disappeared, but the…

Set Laughter Devices at Home!

Your smile makes those who see you as well as yourself happy. It’s also the best way to express your love to the people around you and to encourage them and support them. Set laughter devices all over the house to laugh more. Laughing out loud for more than ten…

Change Family Habits for the New Year

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit,” said a philosopher. You make habits, but later habits make you. While good habits lead you to the right path and make you a better person, bad habits become an obstacle to your path. Moreover,…

Pay Off a Debt of Gratitude

A debt is something that you must pay back to someone. The sooner you pay it off, the more you feel relieved. When you repay it, you can keep your relationship smooth. Isn’t it the same with a debt of gratitude? In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that…