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Assay: Why Does Happiness Have Such a Bad Reputation?

Assay: One surprising thing about happiness is that it has such a bad reputation. Yesterday, I was reading to my younger daughter from Shel Silverstein’s classic book of children’s poetry, Where the Sidewalk Ends. We came to this poem – which caught my eye, for obvious reasons. The Land of Happy Have you been to The Land of Happy, Where …