Should We Aim to Be Happy?

Principle of Charity by Emile Sherman, Lloyd Vogelman

Mar 24, 202553:52Society & Culture

We hope to live a life filled with joy, excitement, contentment, purpose, love, meaning and transcendence. Whereas sadness, pain, grief, loneliness, anger, jealousy and anxiety, aren’t so much fun. And when things take a...

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