Many people believe happiness is “our natural state.” But the statistics above show very clearly, this is not the case. What is natural for human beings is to experience an ever-changing flow of emotions—both pleasant and painful—varying throughout the day depending on where we are, what we’re doing, and what is happening.
If we live a full human life, we will feel the full range of human emotions: the pleasant ones, like love and joy and curiosity, and the painful ones, like sadness, anger, and fear. All these feelings are a normal, natural part of being human.
