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Oct 31, 2002
"So many gods, so many creeds,
so many paths that wind and wind,
while just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs." --Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In 1957, when economist John Galbraith described the United States as The Affluent Society, the average per-person income, expressed in today's dollars, was 8000. Today, the figure is 16,000. In spite of that doubling in real income, the number telling the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center that they are "very happy" has declined from 35% in 1957 to 30% today.
BE THE CHANGE
Make someone "very happy". Send an unexpected thank-you card to your neighbor or office mate.
