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Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. According to recent polls(民意测验)，sixty to seventy percent of people consider themselves to be moderately happy and one in twenty people feel very unhappy. Psychologists have been studying the factors that contribute to happiness. Happiness is unpredictable and a person in an apparently ideal situation is not necessarily happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.

 A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, they are only chief factors if the person is seriously undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.

There is no doubt that money can buy a degree of happiness, but once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference. Whenever and wherever they look, scientists find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complicated. In the past half-century, average income has skyrocketed in industrialized countries, yet happiness levels have remained static. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to boost happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.

The rich are not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who do not graduate from high school, and it is believed that this is mainly because they have more opportunity to control their lives. Yet people with a high income and no college education may be happier than those with the same income and a high college education. It should be noted that people quickly get used to what they have, and they are happiest when they feel they are increasing their level no matter where it stands at a given time.

The best formula for happiness is to be able to develop the ability to tolerate frustration, to have a personal involvement and commitment, and to develop self-confidence and self-esteem.

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