12 secrets of being happy: Using research from 100 world experts, a new book shows how to look on the bright side Every time I saw my father in the couple of years before he died, he would say: ‘Tell me Linda, are you happy’ I think he knew he was coming to the end of his life and wanted to reassure himself of my well-being. Maybe it would have been kinder to reply: ‘Yes, Dad, I’m happy.’ But my relationship had come to an end after more than 20 years and the future looked bleak. Value happiness: Happiness can be learned, but finding meaning and a purpose in life is what leads to it, not the other way around I found myself saying: ‘Right now, no, but I will be again, I’m pretty sure of that Continue reading