Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff.

Happiness. Why do some people who are in the exact same situation and everything looks the same?

The same thing seems to have happened to each person and yet one person seems very unhappy and the other seems content or even happy.

How was that possible?

I remember when I was in university, two of my friends were in the exact same class and at the end of the

semester they each got a be. Well one of my friends was so happy that she got a be and the

other was pretty mortified that she got to be and the other was pretty mortified that she got to be.

How is that possible?

If we've lived long enough, we see this often.

A friend of ours may get divorced and they're mortified and perhaps for years

and years they struggle with being a divorcee and yet someone else gets divorced and within

months even weeks they seem okay and

they're doing well and enjoying the change of their life.

Or haven't we've known people that have lost their job?

And again, it is so challenging for them.

They may take weeks, months, sometimes years to come out of their depression from losing their

jobs. And yet others are excited for the new adventure ahead of them,

and look at it so differently. Or this is one perhaps we see all the time. We're somewhere at a store at a restaurant.

And for whatever reason there's a hold up, there's a weight.

And some people during this time can get so upset, so angry, and others just wait. They may strike up a conversation

with the person beside them, they may get on their phone and catch up on some needed

tasks. We may even wonder about this

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