What Is the Best Way to Measure True Happiness in a Country or Culture?
As I have discussed in my Robbed in Finland podcast episode, as part of my 2-part mini-series on The Secret to True Happiness in Life…
Year… after year… after year, the World Happiness Report uses shady and sinister “research” methods to try to justify crowning 4 highly individualistic Nordic societies as the “World’s Happiest Countries.”
Published by the University of Oxford, Gallup and the United Nations, the so-called “researchers” behind this report attempt to measure a country’s level of happiness based on narcissistic rules and capitalistic metrics that are ill-equipped to measure True Happiness.
Why?
Because True Happiness is felt.
You can feel a happy person’s level of True Happiness based on the way they treat you; and the way they make you feel.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.
~ Maya Angelou
So, what is be the best and most accurate way to measure the level of True Happiness within a country or culture?
It should be based on how the citizens and locals living in that country make:
Other people living in their country feel.
People visiting their country feel.
How does every citizen treat their neighbors?
How does every citizen treat the weakest, and the youngest, and the poorest, and ‘the least of these’ in their community?
How does every citizen treat guests visiting their country?
How does every citizen treat immigrants and refugees living in their country? Even if they are illegal. Even if they have overstayed their visa.
And not just the neighbors, or visitors, or immigrants who look like them; or have the same complexion or language or religion as them.
No, how does every citizen in your country treat everyone?
That is the best measure of True Happiness in a country or culture.
Because a happy person, a Loving person, an empathetic person, shares their Inner Happiness and Love and beautiful, positive energy with other people.
It permeates off of them naturally. Intrinsically.
You are going to feel the Love, happiness, empathy and joy of a happy person. Regardless of their circumstances. Regardless of how much money they do or do not have.
You are going to feel that they actually care about you.
You are going to feel that they want to help you.
You are going to feel that they actually want what is best for you.
In Truth, the “World’s Happiest Country” would be the country whose society is structured and supported in such a way that its citizens and immigrants are free to live their best, happiest, most fulfilling and impactful Life.
Every single day of their Life.
So much so that everyone who comes in contact with them can instantly feel their happy, Loving, friendly, caring, peaceful and joyful energy.
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