happiness article

This is so true - I hate being alone -- except for when it gives me the chance to reflect on how much I enjoy other people.

"Almost every person feels happier when they're with other people," observes Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. "It's paradoxical because many of us think we can hardly wait to get home and be alone with nothing to do, but that's a worst-case scenario. If you're alone with nothing to do, the quality of your experience really plummets."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1015902-7,00.html#ixzz0fYofpH6d