Aging: Getting Older Along With the Bluebird of Happiness
Aging: Getting Older Along With the Bluebird of Happiness
[20 June 2006 - New York Times] Is youth really the happiest time of life? Researchers who surveyed younger and older adults found that both believe that, as a general rule, happiness declines with age. But when it came to their own experience, the older adults described themselves as happier than the younger people did. The study, led by Heather P. Lacey of the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the University of Michigan, appears in The Journal of Happiness Studies. ...
posted by Steven Dahlberg @ 3:05 PM
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I think that has more to do with the deterioration of memory, than any realistic objective thought.
And once settled in this world, everyone likes to think that where they're at is the best place to be.
Also, ultimately, it's two sides of the same coin. None of it matters because all of us are both young and old.
It's a great thing to ponder.
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