They followed this group of men for 75 years and determined that it wasn't wealth or fame or such that gives most people happiness in life, but the QUALITY of their relationships. Particularly the quality of the relationship you have with your significant other.
Sham's Law #1: Everything in life is simple. First you figure out what you want. Second, you figure out how to get it. Third you do it. The first step, unfortunately happens to be the hardest.
They followed this group of men for 75 years and determined that it wasn't wealth or fame or such that gives most people happiness in life, but the QUALITY of their relationships. Particularly the quality of the relationship you have with your significant other.
1 in 5 people report being lonely? Funny. I've heard 20% of marriages are sexless.
Bet there's some overlap.
Dennis Prager, before he turned into a cookie cutter, humdrum, carbon copy conservative, had said on his fairly thoughtful late night talk show that Happiness was "Outcome Minus Expectations"; a nice little nugget that stuck with me.
I've come under the impression that happiness comes of progress. You can fail more than you succeed, but is your success ratio getting better?
Do you have hope?
I suppose both of those could apply to relationships.
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