This is a very old draft, obviously. I had a lot more to say that’s lost to time and TBIs. Sadly, it’s all still relevant.

Often, the worse things are, the more vehemently people are encouraged to be sunny.

The most recent findings, for example, are that wealth makes you happy but children do not. [By recent, this was published in 2009; and by findings, of course I mean what is obvious to all.]

The most inspiring people are those least obsessed with their own happiness, especially those who stride confidently across the globe to create, evoke change, or wrest from life what they will.

Eleanor Roosevelt believed happiness “is not a goal, it’s a byproduct.” I think she might be right.