How Happy are You?

[KeptByTheWord]

I just came across this article this morning, and thought it would be a great topic to discuss here...

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/0...d-in-new-poll/

Here is an excerpt:

For the third year in a row, the Aloha State gets kudos as the happiest U.S. state, with Hawaii residents scoring highest in the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

But you don't have to jet to an island for a smile, as North Dakota and Minnesota came in second and third, respectively. West Virginia's residents showed the lowest well-being scores.

Following a trend that has been consistent over the past four years, Western and Midwestern states fared well on the happiness index, accounting for nine of the slots on the top 10 happiest states' list, with Southern states sliding into half of the bottom 10 states.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/0...#ixzz1nh7PON7K

How happy are you?

[The Matt]

Not really very, but it's gonna be better tomorrow!

[KeptByTheWord]

Just to make it easier... find your state on this list.. if you are in the US that is

Here are the 50 U.S. states in order of their well-being scores, which are out of 100 points.
1. Hawaii: 70.2
2. North Dakota: 70.0
3. Minnesota: 69.2
4. Utah: 69.0
5. Alaska: 69.0
6. Colorado: 68.4
7. Kansas: 68.4
8. Nebraska: 68.3
9. New Hampshire: 68.2
10. Montana: 68.0
11. South Dakota: 67.8
12. Vermont: 67.7
13. Maryland: 67.6
14. Virginia: 67.4
15. Iowa: 67.4
16. Massachusetts: 67.4
17. California: 67.3
18. Washington: 67.3
19. Connecticut: 67.2
20. Oregon: 67.1
21. Wyoming: 66.9
22. Wisconsin: 66.9
23. Idaho: 66.9
24. New Mexico: 66.8
25. Maine: 66.7
26. Arizona: 66.6
27. Texas: 66.4
28. Georgia: 66.3
29. New Jersey: 66.2
30. North Carolina: 66.1
31. Pennsylvania: 66.0
32. Illinois: 65.9
33. South Carolina: 65.7
34. New York: 65.7
35. Rhode Island: 65.6
36. Louisiana: 65.5
37. Michigan: 65.3
38. Oklahoma: 65.1
39. Indiana: 65.1
40. Nevada: 65.0
41. Tennessee: 65.0
42. Florida: 64.9
43. Missouri: 64.8
44. Arkansas: 64.7
45. Alabama: 64.6
46. Ohio: 64.5
47. Delaware: 64.2
48. Mississippi: 63.4
49. Kentucky: 63.3
50. West Virginia: 62.3

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by The Matt

Not really very, but it's gonna be better tomorrow!

Think yourself happy Matt... Today could be the best day of your life...

[Timmy]

I'm 66.4% happy. Pardner.

[Timmy]

In a study of the importance of religion by state, all the top ten most religious states are in the bottom half of the happiness study, and 8 of the 10 least religious states are in the top half of the happiness study.




http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/St...-Religion.aspx

[Timmy]

(I anticipate a sermon on the difference between "happiness" and "joy". )

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Timmy

(I anticipate a sermon on the difference between "happiness" and "joy". )

So being "happy" is not the same as being in the pit of depression and yet having "joy unspeakable and full of glory"?

[bbyrd009]

they are related. "Joy unspeakable and full of glory" leaves no room for depression. Anything other than a transitory feeling that should be more or less relatively easy to rise above should be examined and remedied. Curing depression for me became realizing what was right in front of me.

Originally Posted by Timmy

In a study of the importance of religion by state, all the top ten most religious states are in the bottom half of the happiness study, and 8 of the 10 least religious states are in the top half of the happiness study.

telling.
I am much closer to God since moving to Colorado, not sure why. Nature maybe.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

they are related.


telling.
I am much closer to God since moving to Colorado, not sure why. Nature maybe.

I'm in Texas. Heaven is a local call, here.