4.5.10 – To be happy or not to be happy, that is the question

A friend of mine has complained at times about having to sit through my “depressing movies” and tried to get me to take part in an art installation on Saturday that required cuddling someone I didn’t know. He said it would make me feel better, as he felt I was depressed. Somehow I just couldn’t do it, even though the cuddling partner was the brother of another friend and seemed harmless enough.

This morning I caught part of Dr. Oz on television while the repairman was working on my water-stained wall in my office. The episode dealt with happiness and discussed the Oxford quiz on happiness. Dr. Oz then worked with a woman who scored particularly low on this quiz. It made me wonder whether I truly was depressed or at least unhappy. Well, according to this quiz I fall right in between – not good, but not bad either. I suppose these days that’s probably better than most. Take the quiz yourself and see where you fall.