One of the priorities especially in America is to be happy. Americans have

a reputation around the world for at least being interested in happiness.

We want to smile and laugh and express ourselves. Certainly, on the

spectrum there are other cultures that are far less expressive, more stoic.

But happiness is sometimes elusive. And the state of American happiness

right now is trending downward. One researcher from the World Happiness

Report (seriously) wrote last year prior to COVID and the social unrest we

are facing in 2020: