Dana Milbank in The Washington Post:
In these grim times, the most efficient path to living a contented life may be to put ourselves through the same simple exercise of thinking about our purpose and then taking a step — even a modest one — toward fulfilling it. It’s not a replacement for other mental health interventions, but the surest path to happiness for many of us could be as simple as this: Stop trying to be happy — and start figuring out how to make other people happy.
[My remark: If we are here for the sake of others, I wonder what others are here for :-)]
Read the full article here:
Know Thyself 