While researching this article, I ran across one definition that described happiness as the "absence of factors that contribute to unhappiness, like anxiety and pain." Ah, the medical model! Health is the absence of disease; happiness the absence of ... http://www.livingorsurviving.com/?p=191

Happiness is a choice. And it's hard work. That's the conclusion of "The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want," a new book by Sonja Lyubomirsky. Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor at the University of California, R... http://www.livingorsurviving.com/even-...