What is happiness?

Happiness is defined as simply “the state of being happy”.

Positive psychology researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky elaborates that Happiness is “the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.”

The New Normal

When life takes a sudden, strange, unexpected and unpleasant turn - such as with a pandemic, a catastrophe, a crisis or a breaking point, there comes with it a new order, a new ‘normal’.

And whether or not that ‘new unpleasant normal’ arrived completely out of your control, or it’s totally in your control - it’s still the same. A new ‘unpleasant’ normal is still ‘a new normal’.

And with it comes a whole bunch of unpleasant thoughts and feelings.

Do any of these ring true?

• Is this just a bad dream?

• When can I get back to normal?

• Will I ever get over this?

• Are we all going to die?

• How long will I have to put up with this new normal?

• How could I prevent this from ever happening again?

Happy International Day of Happiness Day y'all!

Yes March 20th 2020 is International Day of Happiness Day!

And although I'm in quarantine in Nashville Tennessee I’m happy.

I'm happy I’m not alone. I have my wonderful husband quarantined at home with me, which I’m happy about because today is our wedding anniversary. It’s nice to have someone at home to talk to and to eat meals with. We've been married a long time. I won’t tell you how many years - it's been decades. Our wedding anniversaries seem to be getting stranger each year.