Author Archives: bryan

I remember an old video game with a frog, and a road, and traffic; and if I remember correctly, the object of the game was to cross the road and not become road-kill. The good thing was that if you … Continue reading →

I am going to write like I know what I’m talking about. When we talk about ingredients, cooking is an easy analogy; and as it is in cooking, it is in Happiness. We have some main ingredients that are critical, … Continue reading →

Three working hypotheses and an actual Formula for Happiness: Happiness is not an emotion. Happiness is a higher order state of mind and/or state of being that is a product of our affective processes (feelings), cognitive processes (thoughts), conative processes … Continue reading →

I originally intended this post to be about embracing the hopeless nature of happiness. I wanted to contemplate utopia – a reality in which you could attain anything and everything you wanted; a world in which you could live forever and … Continue reading →

The playwright Aeschylus (525 BC to 456 BC) said, “He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom … Continue reading →