Health has often been attributed to happiness - or perhaps more accurately: disease ultimately causes unhappiness. The famous roman phrase, ‘healthy mind in a healthy body’ is accepted as one of life’s absolute truths.
There is probably no argument with the fact the physical pain, weakness or the threat of an imminent death cause suffering. But are people ever happy for simply being well? In the same way that we never give much thought to our bodily functions until they are interrupted by illness, could we ever recognise our health as something to be happy about?
Is the pursuit of happiness constructed of removing elements of pain? Is there a linear logic in the utopian equation? Suffering = unhappiness, no suffering = happiness?
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