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Happiness…if not now, then when?

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Pocket Perspectives

Perhaps we each have our own ideas about what “being happy” may involve?… For myself, it seems to involve more of an ongoing sense of  “well being” or “contentment”. Martin Seligman, the author of the book  Flourish, uses the  word … Continue reading →

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