Not exact matches
Few can match Job for pure misery, a man who went from immense
personal wealth and
happiness to utter nothingness in a matter
of days, and fewer can match him for stony faith — a resolute, steely trust that God had an answer, even if that answer didn't really make
sense from an earthly perspective.
I would have to agree, if you have no
sense of justice or mercy and you can live in a world where you are the master instead
of the slave yet simultaneously believe that you are kind and compassionate, that is the perfect recipe for
personal peace and
happiness.
Be big and gracious and hugely supportive, boost your mood instantly by tell them you are so happy for their success, let them know you truly believe they are worth every bit
of happiness they have and I'm not kidding, doing this, raising the bar on what your capacity is for genuine sincerity toward another person will bring you a
sense of personal peace and real, solid comfort in where you are in your own life.
Placing a higher value on their
personal sense of worth (or control over their marketability) and
happiness and an unwillingness to compromise either to the extent previous generations were willing to do so; and
Surveys have shown that having a
sense of humour, and the freedom to express yourself at work, works wonders for people's careers, productivity, ability to innovate and
personal happiness.
On measures
of psychological adjustment, unhappily married adults had significantly lower levels
of global
happiness, were more likely to show symptoms
of depression, and had a lower
sense of personal mastery and lower self - esteem than happy spouses.
So we were able to look at the differences between unhappily married people who divorced and those who stayed married on a number
of psychological variables, including: global
happiness, depressive symptoms,
sense of personal mastery, self - esteem, hostility, autonomy,
sense of purpose in life, and self - acceptance, as well as indirect measures such as days
of drinking and number
of drinks per day.
In addition to standard demographic variables (such as age, race, gender, income and education), the NSFH contains measures
of marital
happiness, domestic violence, conflict and a wide variety
of measures
of psychological well - being including: global
happiness, depressive symptoms,
sense of personal mastery, and self - esteem.