A Counterintuitive Way to Cheer Up When You’re Down
When you most need to get happier, try giving happiness away.
“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness.
N painted some of the most iconic images of 20th-century America. His paintings, such as and series from World War II, and and from the civil-rights movement, were intended to evoke the best in people who saw them: hope, solidarity, courage, justice—but most of all, happiness. The bulk of his work captured scenes of lighthearted joy. Consider , which depicts a young girl with a black eye, sitting outside the principal’s office with a grin that tells you she has just been the victor
