Happiness Does Not Simply Happen To Us.

If You Do Anything Well, It Becomes Enjoyable. To Keep Enjoying Something, You Need To Increase Its Complexity.

However, A Good Life Consists Of More Than Simply The Totality Of Enjoyable Experiences. It Must Also Have A Meaningful Pattern, A Trajectory Of Growth That Results In The Development Of Increasing Emotional, Cognitive, And Social Complexity.

We Have All Experienced Times When, Instead Of Being Buffeted By Anonymous Forces, We Do Feel In Control Of Our Actions, Masters Of Our Own Fate. On The Rare Occasions That It Happens, We Feel A Sense Of Exhilaration, A Deep Sense Of Enjoyment That Is Long Cherished And That Becomes A Landmark In Memory For What Life Should Be Like.. Moments Like These Are Not The Passive, Receptive, Relaxing Timesthe Best Moments Usually Occur When A Person’s Body Or Mind Is Stretched To Its Limits In A Voluntary Effort To Accomplish Something Difficult And Worthwhile.

It Is Not The Hearing That Improves Life, But The Listening.

Socializing Is More Positive Than Being Alone, That's Why Meetings Are So Popular. People Don't Like Being Alone. That Would Be, However, An Important Skill To Learn.