Would you rather be rich (financially) or healthy and happy?<\/p>\n
Rev. Dr. Launa Virgo has written a two-part article at Examiner.com, “Does wealth equal happiness? How joy in life affects your health<\/em>.”<\/p>\n In Part One, Virgo shares the results of a Gallup world poll conducted in 140 countries that found “wealth was not a determining factor” with respect to happiness. She also refers to the “Happy Planet Index” (HPI) published by the New Economics Foundation<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n In Part Two, Virgo focuses on “how happiness impacts a healthy life.”\u00a0Here are some excerpts…<\/p>\n “True health is not the absence of disease, but a balance of life’s forces.”<\/p>\n Quoting Alexis Carrel, she writes what when envy, hate and fear are habitual, they “are capable of starting organic changes and genuine disease.”<\/p>\n Virgo writes, “Illness can be a way of adding interest to a bland, meaningless existence.”<\/p>\n “Challenges are ordinary and so is emotional pain<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n “Those who judge circumstances as good or bad find themselves always at the mercy of their own perception. Those who accept that life happens around<\/em> and with<\/em> a person, but not to<\/em> a person, enables that individual to pass through challenges without being taken down by them.”<\/p>\n “The American consumer culture would lead you to believe that happiness is just a purchase away and all of life’s ills are solved with a pill.\u00a0 As it turns out, Americans have become the world’s leading pill consumers.”<\/p>\n Concluding her list of\u00a0 “some pathways to happiness,” Virgo writes, “Talking about things that are bothering you will help relieve stress<\/strong>.\u00a0 Counselors and support groups offer non-judgmental help.”<\/p>\n See the web site for HappyPlanetIndex.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Would you rather be rich (financially) or healthy and happy? Rev. Dr. Launa Virgo has written a two-part article at Examiner.com, “Does wealth equal happiness? How joy in life affects your health.” In Part One, Virgo shares the results of a Gallup world poll conducted in 140 countries that found “wealth was not a determining\u2026 Read More: Emotional Health & Happiness – Launa Virgo »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[30,226,227,225],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worldwide","tag-happiness","tag-happy-planet-index","tag-new-economics","tag-non-judgmental-help"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t