{"id":381,"date":"2007-03-04T11:19:09","date_gmt":"2007-03-04T10:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=381"},"modified":"2007-03-04T11:19:09","modified_gmt":"2007-03-04T10:19:09","slug":"how-to-be-happy-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"How to be happy (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;It is a simple question, but it may just reveal whether or not you will live to a ripe old age: does somebody love you? Those who can confidently answer &#8216;yes&#8217; are significantly more likely to be alive for the next 10 years than those who feel all alone.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So begins <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/uk_news\/story\/0,,2026147,00.html\">an article<\/a> in today&#8217;s &#8220;Observer&#8221; newspaper which suggests that having a successful relationship is the single most important factor in determining your happiness, health and longevity. I can believe this and certainly that&#8217;s good news for me as this month I celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m interested in happiness (who isn&#8217;t) which is why I have a section on my web site called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/Happy.html\">&#8220;How To Be Happy&#8221;<\/a> and why I&#8217;ve reviewed on my web site a book called simply <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nfbooks.html#Happiness\">&#8220;Happiness&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It is a simple question, but it may just reveal whether or not you will live to a ripe old age: does somebody love you? Those who can confidently answer &#8216;yes&#8217; are significantly more likely to be alive for the next 10 years than those who feel all alone.&#8221; So begins an article in today&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}