And just as families select artifacts that suggest past happiness in order to soften the blows inflicted by actions of family members in less happy times, congregational histories can create illusions: authors might relate in two sentences the experience of an unhappy pastorate that led to two decades of misery — and distort the whole story by dwelling on the beauty of the old sanctuary, hence
suggesting general happiness.
Not exact matches
A growing body of research
suggests that expressing gratitude on a regular basis can increase productivity, boost
happiness and even improve
general health.
Less than 1 % scored themselves lower, which would
suggest that worrying about our love life more actually has little impact on our
general happiness.