Happier-ness with Arthur Brooks | A Bit of Optimism

Enjoyment comes from sharing pleasure with others. And in all the things that we've been talking about, it seems there's this through line of other people involved, whether it's difficulty or pleasure. That's right. You know, there's a study called the Harvard Study of Adult development. That's an 85 year longitudinal study that followed people who were studying at Harvard in the late 1930s, and then it followed their spouses and then it followed their kids over 85 years. And it asked, you know, what were they doing through the course of their lives that predicted them being happy when they were in their 80s and even their 90s? And he said, this is the one thing you need to know. Happiness is love. Full stop. Love of the divine, love of your family, love of your friends, and love expressed toward the whole world through the way that you earn your daily bread. Happiness is love. I sound like a John Lennon at this point, but you know, it's true. You know, all the science comes down to that.