Happy Happy Joy Joy

I was listening to John Tesh and he asked a question that got me to pondering. Anyone who knows me, knows I have a love of all things John Tesh. Okay, not his music, but his radio show. Intelligence for Your Life. It just sounds smart. Really, I know it's not just John who knows all these things, but he has the greatest research team ever. Still, I learn and grow while listening to him, so you can keep your mocking of his hair to yourself.

John (we're tight, I can call him John) asked the question: How happy are you? Someone, somewhere had done a study of the happiest nations in the world. So, before I knew what the study found*, I decided to rank my happiness on a scale of 1-10. 1 being "It sucks. Everything is wrong and I'm jumping off this bridge." and 10 being "It's awesome. Nothing could go wrong. I am jumping on this couch to declare my awesomeness!!!"

I decided that overall, I am an 8.

Then I thought about it. Holy crap! An 8? That's way too high. I can't be that happy. Maybe I'm on too many meds? Nope. Not that. I'm just pretty much overall happy. Or at least at that moment I was. Work is good, life is good, dogs are good, sisters are good, family is good, friends are good, The Guy is good, I like stuff.

See? It's all good. Now, if you break things down, okay, then I get a little less good, but on a whole I'm pretty happy. It's weird.

Here's the breakdown:

• The Guy: 9
• dogs: 9
• house: 7
• finances: 6
• car: 9 (except it's really dirty which makes it feel like a 7)
• family and friends: 9
• stuff and things: 8
• work: 7.5
• me: 7.5 (a good, solid seven and a half**)

I won't think I will always be here, but for right now, I'm pretty content. And that is cool. So, how happy are you?


*The study said Canadians came in 7th. United States came in 17th.
**Anyone?