• The Key To Happiness...?

  Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 7, 2012 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Proverbs 15:13

  Tags:  Happiness

  Denomination: Baptist

THE KEY TO HAPPINESS...?

Want to be happy? A 26-year study of Germans suggests it’s not that hard:

• Marry someone who’s not neurotic.

• Focus more on friends and family, less on material goods.

• Get involved in making the world a better place.

• Have a job but also enough time for leisure.

• Stay physically active.

• For men, don’t be underweight. For women, don’t be obese

These are, of course, wildly simplified suggestions. But the researchers, in Germany, Holland and Australia, developed them after studying a lot of data on a lot of people. They worked from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, which has been doing every-five-year interviews with Germans since 1984 and currently has over 60,000 people enrolled.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/10/keys-to-happiness---non-neurotic-spouse-altruism/1