Does happiness matter People react to this question in surprisingly different ways. Some regard happiness as trivial; others see happiness as     1    important. To explore this mystery, we are to     2    looking at what happiness actually means,
    Happiness relates to how we feel, not just a passing     3    . We are emotional beings and experience a wide     4    of feelings on a daily basis. Negative emotions help us to     5    danger or defend ourselves     6    positive emotions help us to build our capacity to cope when things go wrong.
    Trying to live a happy life is not     7    denying negative emotions or pretending to feel joyful all the time. We all encounter     8    and it’s completely natural for us to feel anger, sadness or frustration. To suggest     9    would be to deny part of the human condition. Happiness     10    being able to make the most of the good times in order to experience the best possible life overall.