While we're busy chasing and pursuing happiness, many Europeans (especially the French) seem to have it enshrined by law.
When I told a French friend I was writing a book about his compatriots entitled Joie de Vivre, he smiled and asked "Is it fiction?" Yet another French friend reacted with a pained look, lamenting that "we used to have it."
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Have you ever met someone for the first time and -- not in a romantic or sexual way -- inexplicably tumbled into a space-time vortex of pure human-to-human connection?
The Arts and Culture committee of Occupy Wall Street has asked sculptor Mark Di Suvero to speak out against the barricades surrounding his work, "Joie...
There are three kinds of investors: those focused on winning the game, those focused on building relationships as their means of success, and those focused on creating a legacy.
Three different polls revealed in December say that Americans have made great strides in their happiness. Are we lying to the researchers or are we just high on life?
This week, Trixie Buckel turned 92. She was married for 70 years. Her husband died nearly 3 years ago. I wonder at her spirit. What keeps her going, with such vitality and appetite for life?
Since his economists have suggested France adopt a "Joie de Vivre" index, Sarkozy has started sounding like a leftist -- or at least someone who spends too much time reading Sartre in Left Bank cafes.
