The Choice of Heracles, Paolo di Matteis, 1712

What is it that makes a happy life? People have been asking that for millennia and I have a few minutes while I wait to collect someone, so I might not have a comprehensive answer. The reason I’m asking is that Religion ‘linked to happy life’ is one of the most emailed stories on the BBC News site today. I have to admit I’m surprised that there are so few responses to the story on Technorati, but maybe everyone like me is wondering what a happy life is.

Or maybe I’m a bit early with the story and when this goes live that Technorati link will prove me wrong. (more…)