Happiness and Life's Meaning: Have you thought about it?

So what is happiness anyway?  And if we find it will we be content or will we quest for more happiness?  The answer is that most of us in the United States have a drive to reach another state of happiness after we reach the very happiness we thought we once defined.  Yet, the defines of happiness continue to morph and shift as we reach different life cycles. Furthermore, for most of us in the U.S. a drive to have more is a part of the happiness equation.  The Difference Between Happiness and Meaning in Life is worth exploring if ready to engage in you inner psyche.  So, the question is not what is happiness but what is your happiness and how does it fit into your community and your life.

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12 Secrets -- Life

Let's keep this simple.  We all want to have life go the way we want it.  Despite our wants things just do not go as planned.  Whether in family, education, career, love (Ugh!  Who was the comedian who gave the story of the wife who was stuck with the husband realizing the husband was not her first choice and sees her husband every day  -- Chris Rock) it never goes perfectly.

Secret to a Good Life According to the Longest Happiness Study Ever

Longitudinal studies are great, they provide a wealth of valuable information. The problem is getting the data. Between the study being cancelled, or subjects dying or discontinuing it often makes it impossible to get great long term empirical evidence or narratives that accurately reflect the studies original intention. 

This new 75 year Harvard study on healthy adult development (Yes! 75 years)