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American are so anxious, reasons British author Ruth Whippman, because they are pursuing happiness. See Whippman's America the Anxious: How the Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks, and a review in the nytimes of her book, "Why Are Americans So Anxious?"
The problem with our pursuit of happiness is that it is making us miserable. Studies by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley, show that "paradoxically, the more people valued and were encouraged to value happiness as a separate life goal, the less happy they were." (nytimes)
I agree, as I have written elsewhere.
What to do about this? My answer, and what I have been doing for forty-six years: Pursue Christ, and experience blessedness (Matthew 5:1-12)
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My new book is Praying: Reflections on 40 Years of Solitary Conversations with God.
I'm now writing my book Leading the Presence-Driven Church.
johnpiippo@msn.com
