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7 Myths About Happiness
Nearly all of us buy into what I call the myths of happiness.
Nearly all of us buy into what I call the myths of happiness—beliefs that certain adult achievements (marriage, kids, jobs, wealth) will make us forever happy and that certain adult failures or adversities (health problems, divorce, having little money) will make us forever unhappy. Overwhelming research evidence, however, reveals that there is no magic formula for happiness and no sure course toward misery. Rather than bringing lasting happiness or misery in themselves, major life moments and crisis points can be opportunities for renewal, growth, or meaningful change. Yet how you greet these moments really matters.
I’ll Be Happy When I’m Married to the Right Person
One of the most pervasive happiness myths is the notion that we’ll be happy when we find that perfect romantic partner—when we say “I do.” The false promise is not that marriage won’t make us happy. For the great majority of individuals, it will. The problem is that marriage—even when initially perfectly satisfying—will not make us as intensely happy (or for as long) as we believe it will. Indeed, studies show that the happiness boost from marriage lasts an average of only two years. Unfortunately, when those two years are up and fulfilling our goal to find the idea partner hasn’t made us as happy as we expected, we often feel there must be something wrong with us or we must be the only ones to feel this way.
I Can’t Be Happy When My Relationship Has Fallen Apart
When a committed relationship falls apart, our reaction is often supersized. Fear of divorce is especially acute: We feel that we can never be happy again, that our life as we know it is now over. However, people are remarkably resilient, and research shows that the low point in happiness occurs a couple years before the divorce. As soon as four years after the break of a troubled marriage, people are significantly happier than they ever had been during the union.
I Need a Partner
Many of us are positive that not having a partner would make us miserable forever. However, multiple studies show that single people are no less happy than married ones, and that singles have been found to enjoy great happiness and meaning in other relationships and pursuits. Unfortunately, believing in this myth may be toxic: Not recognizing the power of resilience and the rewards of singlehood (such as more time to spend with friends or engaging in solo projects and adventures) may lead us to settle for a poor romantic match.
Landing My Dream Job Will Make Me Happy
At the root of this happiness myth is the misconception that, although we’re not happy now, we’ll surely be happy when land that dream job. We encounter a problem, however, when acquiring that seemingly perfect job doesn’t make us as happy as we expected and when that happiness is ever so brief. What explains this unwelcome experience is the inexorable process of hedonic adaptation—namely, the fact that human beings have the remarkable capacity to grow habituated or inured to most life changes. Unfortunately, if we are convinced that a certain kind of job would make us happy (and it doesn’t), then misunderstanding the power of hedonic adaptation may compel us to jettison perfectly good careers. Hence, a critical first step is to understand that everyone becomes habituated to the novelty, excitement, and challenges of a new job or venture. This new awareness will suggest to us an alternative explanation for our occupational malaise. To wit, there may be nothing wrong with the job or with our motivation or with our work ethic. The fact may be that we are simply experiencing a naturally occurring, all-too-human process.
I’ll Be Happy When I’m Rich and Successful
Many of us fervently believe that, if we’re not happy now, we’ll be happy when we’ve finally made it—when we have reached a certain level of prosperity and success. However, when that happiness proves elusive or short-lived, we weather mixed emotions, letdown, and even depression. When we’ve achieved—at least on paper—much of what we have always wanted to achieve, life can become dull and even empty. There is little around the corner to look forward to. Many prosperous and successful individuals don’t understand this natural process of adaptation, and may come to the conclusion that they need even more money to be truly happy. They do not realize that the key to buying happiness is not in how successful we are, but perhaps what we do with our success; it’s not how high our income is, but how we allocate it.
I Will Never Recover from a Dire Medical Diagnosis
When our worst fears about our health are realized, we can’t imagine getting beyond the crying and despairing stage. We can’t imagine experiencing happiness again. Yet our reactions and forebodings about this worst-case scenario are governed by one of the myths of happiness. Much can be done in the face of positive test results to increase the chances that our time living with illness will not be all misery and purposelessness—indeed, that it can be a time of growth and meaning—with hundreds of studies to substantiate it.
Science shows that we have the power to decide what our experience is and isn’t. Consider that during every minute of your day, you are choosing to pay attention to some things and opting to ignore, overlook, suppress, or withdraw from most other things. What you choose to focus on becomes part of your life and the rest falls out. You may have a chronic illness, for example, and you can spend most of your days dwelling on how it has ruined your life, or you can spend your days focusing on your gym routine, or getting to know your nieces, or connecting to your spiritual side. We can change our lives simply by changing our attitudes of mind.
The Best Years of My Life Are Over
Whether we are young, middle-aged, or old, the great majority of us believe that happiness declines with age, falling more and more with every decade until we reach that point at which our lives are characterized by sadness and loss. Thus, we may be surprised to learn what research conclusively confirms—that many of us could not be farther from the truth when we conclude that our finest years are long behind us. Older people are actually happier and more satisfied with their lives than younger people; they experience more positive emotions and fewer negative ones, and their emotional experience is more stable and less sensitive to the vicissitudes of daily negativity and stress.
Although exactly when the well-being peak takes place is still unclear—three recent studies demonstrated that the peak of positive emotional experience occurred at ages sixty-four, sixty-five, and seventy-nine, respectively—what is very clear is that youth and emerging adulthood are not the sunniest times of life.
Why is this? When we begin to recognize that our years are limited, we fundamentally change our perspective about life. The shorter time horizon motivates us to become more present-oriented and to invest our (relatively limited) time and effort into the things in life that really matter. So, for example, as we age, our most meaningful relationships become much more of a priority than meeting new people or taking risks; we invest more in these relationships and discard those that are not very supportive. In a sense, we become more emotionally wiser as we age.
For a great deal more detail -- and citations of supporting theory and research -- see my new book, The Myths of Happiness (Penguin Press).
Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D.
Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Originally from Russia, she received her A.B., summa cum laude, from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from Stanford University. Sonja's teaching and mentoring of students have been recognized with the Faculty of the Year and Faculty Mentor of the Year Awards and her research—on the possibility of permanently increasing happiness—has been honored with a John Templeton Foundation grant, a Science of Generosity grant, a Templeton Positive Psychology Prize, and a million-dollar grant (with Ken Sheldon) from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Sonja's 2008 book, The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want (Penguin Press) has been translated into 22 languages. Her work has been written up in hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, and she has appeared in multiple TV shows, radio shows, and feature documentaries in North America, South America, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Her new book is The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, but Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, but Does (Penguin Press).
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Lose a stone, perform on stage, stay up all night drinking and have a one-night stand: 50 things we must do to 'live life to the full' - By MARTHA DE LACEY, Daily Mirror, 6 May 2013
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Earn more than your age, reach desired career peak by age of 40
Date someone exciting but completely wrong for you, go on holiday alone
Average person has ticked off just 8 achievements
Only 23 per cent of people think they 'live life to the full' already
British people believe losing a stone in weight, performing live on stage, travelling to 25 foreign countries and earning more than your age are all crucial in order to 'live life to the full'.
Spending time with children, having a one-night stand and staying up all night drinking also feature on the new list of 50 achievements we feel we need to do at least once, along with finding true love and being married for more than 20 years.
Researchers compiled the list - which also includes doing a bungee jump, dating someone exciting but completely wrong for you, blowing money on a spontaneous shipping trip and going on holiday twice a year - by questioning 2,000 adults about what makes a 'full' life.
Losing a stone in weight, left, and performing live on stage, right, were considered important for having a 'full' life
Having had at least one one-night stand made it on to the list of 50 important lifetime achievements
But the study also revealed the average person has ticked off just eight of the 50 achievements listed - and only 23 per cent of those polled believe they are already 'living life to the full'.
Trying all types of food, experiencing different cultures, having a degree, owning a pet and visiting all of Britain's historical landmarks were also hailed as 'essential'.
A spokesman for the poll, commissioned to mark the DVD release of Life Of Pi, said: 'The research is really interesting because much of the top 50 list focuses on experiences and achievements rather than having more material possessions.
'And that's exactly what the term 'living life to the full' means - it's getting to that point in life where you are enjoying each moment, from the thrills and adventures to the routine of everyday.
'The research indicates people want to relax into their lives in order to enjoy it - by stopping all the worries about what other people are thinking, how much money they have - and as number nine in the list shows concentrating on what you do have rather than what you don't is of great importance.'
Another thing Brits wished to do at least once was stay up all night drinking
It was deemed important to have travelled to at least 25 foreign countries and earn more than your age per year
A third of people polled believe they will be living life to the full once they start working to live rather than living to work.
For many, spending more time outside would be indicative of having a full life, as would booking impulsive last minute holidays, having the courage to travel alone and spontaneously blowing money on shopping trips.
Many people would like to feel they could enjoy the little comforts in life, while 31 per cent want to be 'true to themselves'
Being heroic is important to some: 12 per cent would like to physically rescue someone, and 26 per cent want to be well thought of by family and friends.
Other achievements include driving a really fast car, starting a family, paying off debts and getting a degree.
Many people would like to feel they could enjoy the little comforts in life, while 31 per cent want to be 'true to themselves'.
Graduating from university with a degree is thought to be a mark of having lead a 'full' life
Starting a family and falling in love were important for enjoying a life lived to the full
Making time for family and friends, treating each day like it's their last, and being able to keep kids on the straight and narrow are important to Brits.
And in order to live life to the full, Brits would like to have reached their desired career peak by the age of 40.
Some 65 per cent of people claim they don't live life to the full all the time because they can't afford to, while 38 per cent don't have the time
The study shows that 65 per cent claim they don't live life to the full all the time because they can't afford to, while 38 per cent don't have the time.
Just under four in 10 people say they have to think of other people around them and this sometimes prevents them from fulfilling their dreams, while 17 per cent are too scared to take the plunge.
Only three in 10 people class themselves as adventurous, but 85 per cent say that if money was no option they would try to achieve more of the elements in the top 50 list.
The spokesman continued: 'Pi was forced to make a decision not only to survive but to live. It seems as though in real life, people are faced with much simpler choices but still face a challenge when seeking out that genuine sense of fulfilment.'
Going on safari was another way to add value to your life
THE 50 WAYS TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL
1. Stop worrying about money
2. Stop worrying about what other people think
3. Take two holidays a year
4. Enjoy little comforts in life
5. Experience different cultures
6. Work to live rather than live to work
7. Pay off all debts
8. Be true to yourself
9. Concentrate on what you have instead of what you don't have
10.Use money on experiences rather than saving for a rainy day
11. Make time for family and friends
12. Try all types of food
13. Find true love
14. Travel to at least 25 different foreign countries
15. Go outside more
16. Learn a new language
17. Be well thought of by family and friends
18. Help a member of your family out when they really need it
19. Lose a stone in weight
20. Treat each day like it's your last
21. Visit all of Britain's historical landmarks
22. Book an impulsive last minute holiday
23. Volunteer for a good cause
24. Take up a challenge
25. Go on safari
26. Blow a load of money in one shopping trip, just because you can
27. Learn a new instrument
28. Be married for longer than 20 years
29. Have enough money left for the grandchildren to enjoy
30. Start a family
31. Earn more than your age
32. Have a pet
33. Drive a really fast car
34. Travel alone
35. Be able to keep the kids on the straight and narrow
36. Meet strangers
37. Move away from home to an unfamiliar place
38. Have a one night stand
39. Pass your driving test
40. Get a degree
41. Rescue someone so that you're a hero for a little while
42. Date someone exciting but completely wrong for you
43. Get a promotion
44. Reach the desired career peak by age 40
45. Have an all-night drinking session
46. Perform something on stage in front of others
47. Snog a stranger
48. Plan a surprise party
49. Embark on adrenaline packed activities such as sky diving or bungee jumping
50. Spend time with children even if they aren't yours
英媒列舉完美人生應做50件事 做8件就很了不起
http://news.sina.com 2013年05月08日 00:33 中國新聞網
據英國《每日郵報》5月6日報導，英國研究者通過對2000名成年人的調查，編列了“完美人生”所必須做的50件事。這些事五花八門，包括減肥、上台表演、到25個國家旅行、飆車、找到真愛，也包括和一個讓你興奮但是並不合適你的人約會、擁吻一個陌生人、來一場說走就走的旅行、有一段時長超過20年的婚姻、給子孫留足夠的錢享受。
研究顯示，普通人能做到8件就不錯了，只有23%的人稱他們的人生是完美的。約有65%的人說他們沒有足夠金錢去享受生活的全部，而38%的人認為自己沒有足夠的時間。
你的人生夠完美嗎？快來看看下面的這50件事，你哪些做了，哪些沒做，趕緊的！
研究顯示，普通人能做到8件就不錯了，只有23%的人稱他們的人生是完美的。
“完美人生”要做的50件事情
1、不為金錢憂慮
2、不用過分在意他人感受
3、每年有兩次度假
4、享受生活中的小安逸
5、體驗不同的文化
6、為生活而工作而不是為工作而生活
7、還清所有債務
8、忠於自己
9、專注於所擁有的而不是奢望所沒有的
10、辛苦存錢以備不時之需不如活在當下
11、花時間陪伴家人和朋友
12、嘗試各類美食，做幸福吃貨
13、尋找真愛
14、至少去25個不同的國家旅行
15、多去戶外活動
16、學習一門新的語言
17、受到家人和朋友的好評
18、如果家人需要，盡量幫他們擺脫困難
19、減去一塊石頭的體重
20、把每一天都當成是最后一天來過
21、參觀英國所有的歷史地標
22、來一場說走就走的旅行
23、做一個好項目的志願者
24、開始一場挑戰
25、有一次狩獵旅行
26、如果可以，在一次購物中盡情花錢
27、學習一樣新的樂器
28、有一段時長超過20年的婚姻
29、給子孫留足夠的錢享受
30、開始組建家庭
31、比同齡人賺得多
32、養一隻寵物
33、飆車
34、獨自旅行
35、有能力培養孩子正直的性格
36、遇見陌生人
37、離開家到一個陌生的地方
38、發生一夜情
39、考取駕照
40、得到學位證書
41、救助別人，體驗做英雄的感覺
42、和一個讓你興奮但是並不合適你的人約會
43、得到一次晉升的機會
44、40歲之前到達職業巔峰
45、參加一個持續整晚的酒會
46、在衆人面前表演
47、擁吻一個陌生人
48、策劃一個驚喜派對
49、嘗試一場增加腎上腺素的活動如蹦極
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You DON'T have to be happy all the time! Author Marian Keyes spent most of her adult years chasing the perfect life. Now, as she turns 50, she's convinced it's a quest that dooms women to misery
By MARIAN KEYES PUBLISHED: 00:39 GMT, 7 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:03 GMT, 7 May 2013
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My lower back has been giving me gyp lately. Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d hear myself say — but it has.
If I stand for too long, it starts hurting and I have to look for some place for a quick sit-down. I’ve never known what lumbago is, but all of a sudden I’m interested. Because later this year I’ll have a birthday, and it’ll be my 50th one.
When I mentioned it recently, my brother-in-law — who at 42 is hardly in a position to talk — went pale and said: ‘Fifty! My God, that’s . . . ancient!’ But my glamorous (younger) sister who lives in New York has taken a different approach and is full of talk of a big party. The words ‘champagne cocktails’ have been mentioned more than once.
As for me, though I don’t want a party, being 50 doesn’t scare me at all. I know that many people (younger and older) will think I’m nuts, but for the last few birthdays — 48 and 49 — I’ve been impatient to get to 50.
Fifty feels welcoming to me. It feels safe, like a cocoon. ‘Come on in,’ it says. ‘We’re a lot happier in here. People don’t pester us so much. They patronise us a little, but we’re wise enough not to mind.’
By contrast, I remember my 25th birthday when I was in the absolute horrors. I felt as old as the hills and as if my glittering future was long behind me. Certainly, by all the ways we measure success in our society, I had failed.
I knew the things I ‘needed’ in order to be happy — a perfect man (good-looking but not so good-looking that I’d be a permanent nervous wreck waiting for him to run off with someone else), a well-paid job involving travelling to New York and Barcelona, and a mortgage on a one-bedroom flat where the wardrobe door closed properly and the cutlery wasn’t plastic.
And, of course, I needed to be a size eight — or preferably a size six — and to be able to get my hair blow-dried three times a week and buy enough shoes to qualify as an addict.
But my reality was very different. I was living in a rented flat with two other girls. We had milk in our fridge approximately once a year.
I drank too much and spent my electricity money on lipgloss and wondered when God was going to send the right man along, so that the hole in my soul would heal up.
Marian says she feels better at 50 than she did at 25. 'Fifty feels welcoming to me. It feels safe, like a cocoon', she writes
Author Marian Keyes - aged 17 years old. She said she was convinced she would never be happy until she had the perfect boyfriend
Despite all the teachings of feminism, I was convinced I’d never be happy until I had the perfect boyfriend.
But as the unsuitable men and discarded relationships mounted up, I often jerked awake in the middle of the night, my heart pounding with fear, aware that time was racing by, that my window of opportunity was closing and that if something didn’t happen soon, I’d be alone for ever.
My career wasn’t exactly flourishing, either. Though I had a law degree, I never did the necessary further studies to qualify as a lawyer. (I was a top-notch self-saboteur without even knowing what the phrase meant.)
However, may I say that I had a gym membership — and that counted for something, right? I went to the gym an awful, awful lot. Which was good because I also ate an awful, awful lot. (Exercise bulimia: that was another phrase I was living without even knowing it.)
So there I was, on my 25th birthday, convinced there was a secret formula that would guarantee I’d be HATT (Happy All The Time).
That was the promise of movies and ads and magazines — get everything in place emotionally, financially and domestically, then put that happiness in a shoebox (a nice one; Sophia Webster does lovely ones, with little grosgrain ribbons) and put that box on a high shelf where it would never be disturbed.
Marian Keyes and her husband decided, after four years of trying in vain to conceive, that they wouldn't undergo fertility treatment in an effort to have children
Thereafter, my life would flow along smoothly, with enhanced add-ons such as holidays and happy family occasions, and I’d have a lovely, lovely time, until one day, in a faraway sunlit future, surrounded by loving friends and family, I’d die.
But I just couldn’t find that secret formula. I seemed to be perpetually on the outside looking in, watching as others got their lives together.
Eventually, I went to night classes to study accountancy, even though my heart wasn’t in it, because I had to do something.
My 30th birthday — a milestone — was really quite tragic: I was alone and drinking. But within days, I began, out of the blue, to write funny little short stories. A few months later, I went into rehab and got sober.
A book deal at 23. A stellar career. An enviable lifestyle. But AMY MOLLOY says: 'Being a success is lonely and so joyless. I wish I was mediocre like my friends'
Then all kinds of wonderful things began to happen. I met a lovely man who was different from the poor creatures I’d tried to take hostage in the past. I wrote a book and it was published. I wrote another book and that was published, too. Suddenly, I had a career. In fact, you could say I was LTD (Living The Dream).
But guess what? I wasn’t HATT! I knew I’d been extraordinarily, bizarrely lucky, but I also knew that if I didn’t work until I dropped, both on writing books and publicising them, I’d squander the chance I’d been given.
I was always afraid — afraid I wouldn’t be able to write another book, afraid that it wouldn’t be as good as the previous one and lots more blah-dee-blah worrying that I’m sure you will just dismiss as self-indulgence (I would, too, if I were you).
I got married to my lovely man and we hoped to have a big family — in our more delusional moments we talked about having six nippers — but as it transpired, we weren’t able to have any. And that was shocking and sad and put paid to any HATT-ness for a good while.
She said she struggled to find the 'secret formula' to happiness. I seemed to be perpetually on the outside looking in, watching as others got their lives together
But over time, the grief passed and I saw how much love and luck I’d been given, and I realised that no one gets everything, and that I’d be happier if I focused on what I had rather than what I hadn’t.
Then I was 40, and I’ll tell you something: 40 was great! Years 40 to 45 were very nice.
In my constant battle with sugar, I wielded the whiphand and I was looking good, and when I say good, I mean, of course, thin.
I was more secure in my career — I took the attitude that if I did my best, then that was acceptable — and all in all, life was lovely.
Then things went a bit skew-whiff and I had a breakdown, where a powerful truth was revealed to me: it didn’t matter how hard I worked, I’d never be HATT.
Up until then, I’d been thinking of being happy as the ‘right’ way to feel; in fact, the only way to feel.
But now, as I near 50, I accept that happiness is simply one of thousands of emotions any person will experience in a life.
Another delightful side-effect of my 50-ness is that I’m a lot better at standing up for myself. I try to do it politely. But I do it.
I had a recent contretemps with a young woman in a hotel, when my electronic door keys failed and I had to traipse all the way back down to reception where the keys were replaced without a word of apology.
‘And you’re sorry, yes?’ I said. ‘For the inconvenience?’ The look on her face was priceless: she was luminous with shock.
Pictured for her book 'Saved by cake: over 80 ways to bake yourself happy'. She has suffered with depression intermittently over the years
Healthwise, with fish oils and yoga and whatnot, 50 is the new 29, and this is great. But the pressure is also on to look youthful and, honestly, I don’t see anything wrong with looking not-young.
So what are my thoughts on cosmetic surgery? Well, I’m not going to say ‘never say never,’ because for some reason the phrase makes big smacky rage rise in me.
I haven’t had Botox because my face is a bit lopsided and I depend on keeping everything animated so that people don’t notice.
Regarding the filler, Restylane, I had one disastrous go about seven years ago, where a lump, like a baby unicorn horn, sat between my eyebrows for three months, so I’m not doing it again.
Wrinkles-wise, my face isn’t too ravaged. This I put down to drinking two litres of water a day . . . and using colossally expensive skincare (I’m a big fan of Creme de la Mer).
Also, being tubby helps. This is not something that I’ve chosen — I’d be delighted to give ‘skinny and haggard’ a go, but despite my best efforts, I can’t shift my excess weight.
That’s another thing about being nearly 50 — the way my metabolism has come to a screeching, abrupt halt. I still exercise, but it no longer seems to have any effect.
For all of my life, it was the size of my rear that caused me the most hand-wringing, but in this nearly-50 zone, it’s my stomach that’s the problem. It seems to have broken free from its moorings and there’s no knowing how far it will roam.
I’ve been fighting it for a long time, trying to make the clothes in the shops work for me, clothes that are catwalked by 16-year-old anorexic models. But I felt increasingly exhausted and — yes — foolish.
And I knew I’d crossed some sort of line when I homed in on NYDJ (Not Your Daughter’s Jeans) and felt giddy with delight inside the high waistbanded, tummy- supported set-up. Yes, I’m Marian and I wear Mom jeans!
But I miss clothes. I’ve a beautiful Missoni dress that I’m unlikely ever to be thin enough to wear again (no amount of Spanx is going to help). I skip over the fashion pages in magazines because it makes me too sad.
One thing I’m not giving up on is my hair. I can’t even contemplate letting the grey get a look-in.
‘They’ say you’re supposed to lighten your hair colour as you age, but I tried it and it made me look as if I’d had a bad dose of gastric flu, so I went back to getting it dyed dark again.
I even — so sue me — had purple extensions for a while. (I have a non-judgmental hairdresser — she lets me do what I like.)
Marian, pictured in 1988, aged 37. She said as she nears 50, she accepts that happiness is simply one of thousands of emotions any person will experience in a life
Being 50 means that I’m probably more than halfway through my life, but I’ve no fear of dying. Again, I know this is unusual.
It’s not that I’m religious — on the contrary — so I don’t see myself skipping around on the sunny uplands of Heaven in an afterlife that resembles Little House On The Prairie. Maybe gratitude for my own mortality is one of the happy side-effects of having chronic depression — which just goes to show that everything has a silver lining!
All in all, I can’t wait to be 50 — though I draw the line at having a party. No one enjoys their own party — they’re too busy trying to blend people from all the separate parts of their life and make them get along. And, to be honest, I don’t enjoy any party — all the screeching ‘You look fabulous!’ ‘No, you look fabulous!’ is extremely tiring.
These days, I’m getting better and better at doing as I please, so for my half-century I’m going down the road to Pizza Express with my nearest and dearest.
People say that living to 50 is an achievement — but, actually, it’s a gift. A gift that at times I didn’t want and would have happily left outside the local Sue Ryder shop, but a gift that I now accept graciously.
In my 50 years on the planet I’ve learned that life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived. And I’m glad I’m here to live it.
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Finding a ten pound note: Why it really is the simple things that make us happy
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Golden age of happiness: Turning 50 is key to 'content and comfortable' life By DAILY MAIL REPORTER UPDATED: 01:25 GMT, 20 January 2011
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