I saw a news segment once concerning what had been found to be the happiest country in the world (that year, anyway). Denmark or Sweden or Iceland or something was the big winner. After some exploration as to possible factors in their :)s, they traced it to the fact that a temperament founded on low expectations seemed to be the norm in this country. Pessimism (realism?) was the seeming cause of their overall contentedness.
Not that they walked around cursing life all day... just that they expected very little from life or from anyone else....
So when life produced anything above dull/drab/sad (none of which were huge let downs), it was a great surprise and a source of joy.
Today was a good day, if only because I expected that it would be much more difficult than it was.
:)
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