My friend and colleague Martin Vera, who is a speech pathologist, sent me an interesting article on Being Happy. It really questions the discourse around what this pursuit has come to mean in Western society and whether or not this is a worth while goal to strive for.

How do you define your happiness?

French writer and philosopher in his latest book Perpetual Euphoria: on the Duty to Be Happy (Princeton, 2011) says that happiness has become synonymous with survival.

http://www.healthzone.ca/health/mindmood/article/952586–don-t-worry-about-being-happy-author-says