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Payne wraps things up with a moment of cheerful satisfaction that packs bitter ironies.
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In fact, he seems positively cheerful, radiating all the satisfaction and energy of a man doing a job he loves.
"Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be more than a happiology," he writes in "Flourish".
Subjects familiar with headache experienced more stress, fatigue, depression, and somatic symptoms; they felt less strong, had a less cheerful mood and reported lower satisfaction with health and with life in general than the subjects who never had headaches [96].
If they can say they are satisfied with themselves as human beings and can reflect on their experiences with equanimity, they will — no matter how cheerful or sad they were along the way — be expressing life satisfaction.
Like the coroner in a police procedural, Dornstein derives such clinical satisfaction from his work that he can narrate the grisliest findings with cheerful detachment.
Cheerful, eh?
"Satisfaction, really".
"Remorselessly cheerful.
I was cheerful, maybe too cheerful.
"Sweet satisfaction".
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