The Truth Is, Bad Things Don't Affect

Happiness Refers To Feelings, Virtue Refers To Actions, And Those Actions Can Cause Those Feelings. But Not Necessarily And Not Exclusively.

Psychologists Call This Habituation, Economists Call It Declining Marginal Utility, And The Rest Of Us Call It Marriage.

Research Suggests That People Are Typically Unaware Of The Reasons Why They Are Doing What They Are Doing, But When Asked For A Reason, They Readily Supply One.

Your Emotions Are Meant To Fluctuate, Just Like Your Blood Pressure Is Meant To Fluctuate. It's A System That's Supposed To Move Back And Forth, Between Happy And Unhappy. That's How The System Guides You Through The World.

Most Of Us Appear To Believe That We Are More Athletic, Intelligent, Organized, Ethical, Logical, Interesting, Open-minded, And Healthy-not To Mention More Attractive-than The Average Person.