LETTER: Try being content instead of happy, Helen

Reading Helen Mead’s column on Happiness (February 24) I was reminded of a column I wrote in the Mind, Body and Soul series for The Press (Happiness is only temporary, look for contentment: January 4, 2015). It can be found on my blog bit.ly/2SUsSfM and in Wise Words, the compilation of my columns from 2014-2019.In it I wrote: “I prefer the word ‘contentment’ to ‘happy’. It’s a deeper experience. Happiness isn’t a constant state, it can’t pos