Book review: On Happiness

Is it living in a mansion surrounded by the trappings of wealth?

Or, at a far more basic level, is it sitting around a campfire in the evening in your dirt-poor town and sharing a laugh with your friends?

For the book, On Happiness, a collection of academics/professionals was invited to each write an essay on what happiness is in the western world and how to get it.

It is a somewhat scientific, analytical approach to a deeply personal emotion.

Happiness cannot be found in a pill, herb or the latest diet and exercise regime.

Can it be found by hugging more than five people a day?

Read the book. You be the judge.