If you want your daughter to be as happy or happier than you have been in marriage, it makes no sense that she should dumb down the colorfulness of her character, the boldness of her spirit and the fire that made her the "first African-American" this or that in order to appease those who are potentially intimidated by her.
She has fulfilled her childhood dream, her childhood fixation, and five years ago, when she came to live with me, she was as happy as or even happier than I was, because my house had been entirely designed for her.
Nothing has made me happier or more fulfilled in my life than being a mother.
But my mother finally proved that fortune teller wrong: Several months after her 88th birthday, she couldn't be happier or healthier.
If, perhaps, you choose to work 90-hour weeks and skimp on leisure time, it follows that work is what makes you happy or at least happier than taking extra time for leisure: otherwise you would not be doing it.
Its conclusion: unhappily married adults who divorced or separated were no happier, on average, than unhappily married adults who stayed married to the same partner.
We are, it turns out, inclined to get happier--or at least focus on that which will make us more content--as we close in on death.
The friends of her youth were all more or less invalids now and were happier without her company.
Or, perhaps you would be happier wearing a green eye-shade?
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But make no mistake, CBS execs will be a lot happier if Kansas, Michigan or Florida represents the South region in the Final Four.
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It has never been happier, healthier, wealthier or better educated.
Would I have been happier, more at peace, or more certain of my investment had I invested the same amount in mutual funds?
Or, frugality aside, would I actually be happier without them?
"If they have been through the experience and they have come through it happier, it is not as scary or daunting for the other person and this will encourage them to follow, " she said.
They bought presents for family members, or gave money to the homeless -- and were happier than those who spent on themselves.
Her arguments were all about her and what people could do to make her happier, and not about the contentment to or even concerns of her husband or her children.
Not that a little self-criticism is all bad: It can be a reality check and may fire us up to perform better (which can make us more successful) or strive to be better people (which makes us happier).
Perhaps the reality can be different if you are open to the possibility that you are making the most courageous choice of your life when you are willing to put your whole self on the line for a new project, to test an idea, or to take a shot at creating a better and happier life.
You will be a better man and live longer, and make others happier thus, whether the Kodak fiend snaps you or passes you by.
He would have been happier elsewhere felling trees in a forest, or throwing nets for an Alaskan fishery.
Listening to the radio makes people happier and gives them higher energy levels than watching TV or browsing the internet, according to new research reported in the Daily Telegraph.
Do you happen to work in retail or food services and think your friends in construction and real estate are happier than you?
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Now, I'm not Barack Obama-skinny -- I still need to drop another 30 or 40 more to hit my goal -- but I am much happier and healthier.
Frey and Benz are exemplary in testing for the possibility that happier people are more likely to be self-employed, or that the sort of personality most likely to enjoy self-employment select into self-employment.
He says there is "soft data" in the form of surveys and interviews that suggests buildings that adhere to feng shui principles make their occupants happier -- be it a shopping mall, office block or a hospital.
Whether or not that is true, the powers-that-be are undoubtedly happier for Russian firms, rather than foreign ones, to control the nation's cheap oil.
And as a result, people - or a lot of them - are, at least on a surface, happier than they were in the '90s.
Liebler and Jake Halpern, author of Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Favorite Addiction, found that teenagers who described themselves as often or always depressed were more likely to believe that becoming a celebrity would make them happier.
Or it could go the way of Turkey, and evolve into something less brittle and happier for all concerned.
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