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Introduction: Most People Can't Sustain Healthy Lifestyles

A Brief Recap

In the previous essay, worksite wellness was described as too dull and unimaginative to capture the interest of employees. A pity, as all workers, whether at risk or in top form, could benefit from on-the-job education, especially if the topics dealt with quality of life off the job.

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Nobody should be surprised to discover that scientists are working on a pill to cure obesity. Think of what this could mean if such a pill is designed and gains FDA approval. Tens of millions of customers could soon be ordering extra fries with their 17 ounce sugar drinks upon hearing this good news.

Interest in high places in the promotion of happiness continues to expand. First, there was the nation of Bhutan, a small Himalayan kingdom where a decade ago Gross National Happiness was elevated to the same priority as Gross National Product. Now the United Nations has raised the happiness banner. Back in June of 2012, the UN general assembly agreed to proclaim an annual International Day of Happiness. Last week, the first such day was celebrated on March 20. From press accounts, the day was a grand success.

What Robert Green Ingersoll said of the Bible (About the Holy Bible, 1894) applies as well to the Christian religion that promotes it, namely, it imprisons the brain and corrupts the heart.

While many examples could be cited, what clearer illustration of this reality could be found than in the positions advanced by religionists on the two issues now before the U.S. Supreme Court, namely, DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) and California’s Proposition 8 banning gay marriage?

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