Bulletin: the two are not connected.

That’s what the Million Woman Study in Great Britain has concluded.

“Happiness and related measures of well-being do not appear to have any direct effect on mortality” according to the study.

It’s a knife to my heart. My wife won’t believe it, either. I have shared the news with friends and they don’t believe it.

Stress and unhappiness MUST cause disease, right?

Stress causes heart attacks, not inflammation or cholesterol or other issues.

But not according to this study.

I share this morning because what’s health got to do with happiness?

Some of the happiest people I have known are cancer patients who are no doubt ill but many of whom have arrived at a way to live more happily in the present.

I knew a radio station owner dying of cancer who gave away his radio station to see it live on and he continued to do the thing he loved, broadcasting, right up until the end.

As I readjust to this shocking research revelation, I am reminded to never postpone joy because that is why we are here.

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