I was reading Bright-Sided by Barbara Ehrenreich and she says: [T]here are scores of studies showing that happy or optimistic people are likely to be healthier than those who are sour tempered and pessimistic. This got me to thinking, why can you be happy OR optimistic to be healthy while you have to be sour-tempered AND pessimistic to be not as healthy. What if you are really sour-tempered and optimistic? Or happy and pessimistic? What if the thought of everything turning out alright pisses you off? Or everything falling apart fills you with glee? And what about all the miserable assholes who live forever? What is their secret? What if grumpy people depress you but happy people depress you more? Have you ever met a happy person? They are insufferable!
As you can see, one half of a sentence can have me thinking for hours. That's why I've been reading this book for three years.
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