Friday, November 23, 2007

Real Happiness

As Bobby Kennedy said . . . the nation’s gross national product measures everything “except that which makes life worthwhile.” . . . [H]appiness seems to have little relation to economic achievement, which we have historically understood as the driver of well-being. . . . A . . . recent study found that life satisfaction in China declined between 1994 and 2007, a period in which average real incomes grew by 250 percent. ~Eduardo Porter, “All They Are Saying Is Give Happiness a Chance,” nytimes.com, 11/12/07

What really makes us happy? ~jpc

Happy are the _______________. Namaste.

image: "Hot Car Sales in China . . ." www.chinadaily.com.cn/.../02/content_396733.htm

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