Pope Francis' Ten Steps To Happiness Clearly Working Well For Him

Googling "Pope Francis Happy" should definitely have made the list.

No God required

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Respect the environment, turn off the TV and don't proselytise, the 77-year old pontiff told Argentine magazine "Viva!" in an interview published on Sunday.

1: "Live and let live"

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Or as they (apparently) say in Rome: "Move forward and let others do the same"

2: "Be giving of yourself to others"

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"If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid," the Pope advised.

3: "Proceed calmly"

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Move slowly, like a pool of water, instead of a rushing stream, he said. According to the Catholic News Service Pope Francis, who used to teach literature, referenced an image from an Argentine novel by Ricardo Guiraldes, in which the protagonist - gaucho Don Segundo Sombra - looks back on how he lived his life.

"He says that in his youth he was a stream full of rocks that he carried with him; as an adult, a rushing river; and in old age, he was still moving, but slowly, like a pool" of water, the pope said. He said he likes this latter image of a pool of water -- to have "the ability to move with kindness and humility, a calmness in life."

4: Hang out with your family and play with your children

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And no TV during mealtimes! Consumerism, frantic work schedules and hectic lifestyles have eaten into time we could spend reading books and chilling, he warned.

I'm taking this as a personal challenge to go buy that Lego Death Star. Just for me.

5: Take time out on a Sunday

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Workers should be given Sundays off because Sundays are for family time.

6: Make jobs for young people

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Young people without access to dignified work are at risk of addiction and suicide, the Pope said. "It's not enough to give them food. Dignity is given to you when you can bring food home".

7: Take care of the environment

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"I think a question that we're not asking ourselves is: 'Isn't humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?'"

8: Don't be negative

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HOW COULD YOU BE NEGATIVE AROUND THIS GUY?

"Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self-esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down,'" the pope said. "Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy."

9. Don't proselytize

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Wait, Pope said what?

Francis: "We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyses: 'I am talking with you in order to persuade you,' No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attraction, not proselytising."

10: Work for peace

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"The call for peace must be shouted"

Earlier, Francis' voice had cracked during an emotional plea for peace in the Middle East, when he begged warring groups during the Sunday Angelus prayer in St Peter's Square in Rome: "please, stop"