Thanks for the information about how different cultures value happiness, and the implication that the high value Americans place on being enthusiastic all the time might be a bad mistake.
On the other hand, I think the author doesn’t get rumination right—to my mind, the distinctive quality of rumination is focusing on a problem while having lost track of the possibility of a solution.
Thanks for the information about how different cultures value happiness, and the implication that the high value Americans place on being enthusiastic all the time might be a bad mistake.
On the other hand, I think the author doesn’t get rumination right—to my mind, the distinctive quality of rumination is focusing on a problem while having lost track of the possibility of a solution.