Who's Happy?

Dennis Prager is a radio host who has written and lectured extensively on the subject of "happiness". In a recent column he talks about who the people who are most happy with their lives. He lists eleven traits of genuinely happy people and writes a sentence or two of explanation of each. Here's his list:

Happy people are people who:

• control themselves.
• are given little and earn what they have.
• do not see themselves or their group as victims.
• rarely complain.
• have close friends.
• are in a good marriage.
• act happy.
• aren't envious.
• don't have high self-esteem.
• have few expectations.
• are grateful.

It really is worthwhile to go to the link and read Prager's discussion of these. He packs a lot of wisdom into just a few sentences.