Denison Forum
Dr. Jim Denison
I didn’t realize that Thursday was the International Day of Happiness until it was too late to write about it in the Daily Article. But surely we should seek happiness every day, not just on a day chosen arbitrarily by the United Nations.
Here’s the problem: A secularized culture can seek happiness only in the happenings of our world. And a quick scan of this morning’s news shows us the illusory nature of such happiness, from today’s power outage and closure of Heathrow Airport in London to the renewed conflict in Gaza to wildfire evacuations and disruptions in Texas, Florida, and Arkansas.
The 2025 World Happiness Report was published this week; in it, the US fell to its lowest-ever ranking, coming in twenty-fourth among nations. (Israel, despite its ongoing war with Hamas and internal divisions, ranked far higher than we did.) We should not be surprised: anxiety, loneliness, and overdose deaths are all at all-time highs in the US. More Here
