Henri Nouwen’s insight on the link between environment and behavior.

Brian Brown “Brad loved to cook. He even went to culinary school, just for fun. He never wanted to run an ordinary restaurant, though. Then one day while killing time on a plane trip, he and his wife, Libby, devised a plan that they hoped would change their lives and maybe a few others.

Eh. Hmm. So. I think I agree with your general inference, as I read it: namely, that true human fulfillment (the Aristotelian “good life,” or eudaimonia) is more valuable and more desirable than what Jennifer Senior calls “happiness.” But I want to make two points in response to your post: The first is a cautious [...]

Catchy headlines sell newspapers.  Given that industry’s trouble state, we shouldn’t be surprised to see an uptick in the “desperation-for-relevance” department.  Especially from the poor Boston Globe which is still up for auction. In a piece titled, Happiness: A buyer’s guide, staff writer Drake Bennett reports on some interesting “new” ideas on the relationship between [...]