from yahoo finance;
As the study notes, the incidence of happiness has held steady even as per capita income has more than doubled - which suggests money can't buy happiness. But a breakdown by income indicates otherwise. Twenty-four percent of people with household income under $30,000 are very happy, vs. 49 percent of those making $100,000-plus. The report resolves the paradox by saying that "what matters on the happiness front is not how much money you have, but whether you have more (or less) at any given time than everyone else."
cause and effect? are you more likely to make more money if you are inclined to be happy/positive - or is it simply good old envy; you are less happy if you know that you can't do what others can?
or are you more likely to have good friends and a supportive community (be it professional or more leisure oriented like rvb) if you aren't always busy keeping food on the table and the heat turned on?
...and the sun is giving a weak appearance behind the misty clouds...
