Gender happiness
The NY Times recently reported on the latest research that men are now apparently happier than women, a shift from a generation ago when women had the upper hand on inner contentment. Perhaps it’s a call to accept that someone will always be on top of the happiness curve more than their gender mates and that things will, like all things, cycle from one side to the other of the emotional seesaw.
Parity in happiness is likely the more worthy possibility. In conscious relationships of course, the happiness of the other is as important as our own. The key and challenge at times is supporting the ways in which they, not we, want their happiness sourced and expressed.
