Happiness Thing

 I sat for a while looking at this 'headline'.....it implies various thoughts.

What exactly do you mean by 'good life'?

How does one define a 'happy life'?

Where exactly do you find something that is meaningful?

I grew up in the rural aspects of Alabama in the 1960s/1970s.  You could ask locals in that period about a happy life, and they'd respond if you had a decent tin roof, plenty of firewood, a bit of whiskey occasionally, fireworks for the 4th of July, and some  decent minister for Sundays who didn't keep you past noon.....things were meaningful.

If you brought the topic today?  Folks would respond that that it was a blessing to have cable-TV (without HBO because it's got so much porn), that the beverage shop maintains plenty of cheap Mexican beer, that you gave up the church minister business because of a anti-Trump sermon he gave five years ago, that the county fair is still the most remarkable experience you can have, and that you wish the meth lab three miles over would be shut down by the county sheriff.

I don't think people know how or when to be happy anymore.  They get all hyped up over pronouns, or biased news, or being corrected by some kid with a fake college degree.  

People whine over just about anything....even the answers given off some Jeopardy show, or how some movie they spent $16 on for the ticket and beverages was so disappointing.

So doctors want a way to explain this inability to find happiness. 

I got this feeling that doctor thing might turn into a lecture....where you MUST find happiness.