Researchers delve into the meaning of happiness
Researchers delve into the meaning of happiness
Peggy Reising seemed to have all the touchstones of a perfectly happy life.
She had a marriage that lasted, children she loved, a beautiful home and her own computer-training business.
Yet when she was asked to rate her level of happiness from that period of her life -- with 10 representing "extremely happy" and 0 representing "extremely unhappy" -- Reising gave her life a 3.
"It just seemed I was on a merry-go-round with work, raising teenagers and being married," Reising of Indianapolis recalls. "I hit a point that I believe everybody hits. I call it 'the dark night of the soul.' I had lost me. I just decided I wanted to be happier." . . .
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