Happiness -- Delamothe 331 (7531): 1489 -- BMJ

Happiness -- Delamothe 331 (7531): 1489 -- BMJ

Happiness, according to the British Medical Journal can seriously improve your health! The opening statement in this paper is astonishing! It points out that whether you've won the lottery or suffered a disabling accident, one year later your happiness level will have returned to what it was prior to the event! I am sure we would all rather have the lottery win but if money is not the way to happiness what is?
Engagement - social engagement - Here's what the authors say - "In fact, the breadth and depth of individuals' social connections are the best predictors of their happiness"
In fact, there are apparently three sorts of happy lives -

• The pleasant life—where you experience a succession of pleasures that lose their effect with repetition
  
• The good life—where you play to your strengths and are "engaged"
  
• The meaningful life—where you put your strengths at the service of something higher than yourself

according to Martin Seligman.