
22 brilliant positive psychology
account of this. Happiness and sorrow come in the same
package; what gives us joy also has the capacity to give us pain.
Choosing to accept that sorrow and sadness are as much a part
of life as happiness and joy is part of well-being. Happy people
are able to accept sadness rather than fight against it or deny it.
Happy people feel negative emotions too.
Positive psychology is often accused of promoting only the posi-
tive and at a glance that may appear to be so, but we will see that
there is much more to this ‘happiness’ business than a simple
good and bad approach.
Happiness as a measure of ...