Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio

Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio

Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio

There’s this Pew report out about happiness. (Don’t you think that the very idea of quantifying happiness threatens it?) The report explains how happiness correlates with religiosity, marriage and wealth. My definition of happiness, as of midnight Sunday, in arctic New York City: On the beach in Rio, one of thousands, listening to Mick in that extraordinary, free Stones concert.

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There’s this Pew report out about happiness. (Don’t you think that the very idea of quantifying happiness threatens it?) The report explains how happiness correlates with religiosity, marriage and wealth. My definition of happiness, as of midnight Sunday, in arctic New York City: On the beach in Rio, one of thousands, listening to Mick in that extraordinary, free Stones concert.

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