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To: Solon who wrote (64621)	10/29/2002 12:36:19 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) of 82486

I don't agree that the great majority of people in the world are sad. Was just reading in the National Geographic over breakfast this morning an article on cities, including third world cities, and the reporter was surprised at the general level of happiness he found even among the poor in these cities. Friends of mine who come back from visits overseas, even those who do work in poor areas with Global Volunteers or other volunteer groups, are generally surprised at the level of happiness in the people they work with. Sure, there is a lot of misery in the world. But not everybody responds negatively to it. Many people remain cheerful and happy despite the hardships of their lives. Western society has, over the one or two hundred years or so, moved from a society which found personal fulfillment in individual values and belief in God to a society which measures personal fulfillment by material possessons and "keeping up with the Joneses." Of course, if that is your measure of happiness, most people are going to be unhappy. But it is a choce to decide whether that is the standard by which you will measure your happiness.

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