Back to happiness

I did a blogpiece on happiness a couple of weeks ago and the metrics indicate that it attracted more than the usual number of lurking readers. So I thought I'd continue in similar vein and alert you - albeit belatedly - to a good article by Matthew Syed which appeared in Times2 on Wednesday 21 May called Gordon Brown - is that all there is? You can access it at Times Online by searching under the author's name for recent articles he's written.

Syed ruminates on the melancholy which can,allegedly, follow a career-defining triumph with (of course) the current mental state of poor old Gordo in mind. There are several quotable quotes in the article and I particularly like this one from Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl: "Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself." Interesting: if you search for happiness you won't find it; but if you dedicate yourself to something (or someone) you believe in, then happiness may well ensue. I think there's something in that - so I though I'd share it with you.