The Science of Happiness

I recently came across a few articles addressing the "Science of Well Being". According to the linked article, true happiness does not stem from temporary pleasure (that only leaves room for the desire of more pleasure), but rather from doing positive things. Experts and politicians are taking such data increasingly seriously. Over the past decade, the study of happiness, formerly the preserve of philosophers, therapists and gurus, has morphed into a bona fide discipline. You can find "professors of happiness" at leading universities, "quality of life" institutes the world over, and thousands of research papers. It even has its own journal, the Journal of Happiness Studies. Interesting...

"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be." -Thomas A. Kempis