Summary：-The-Hidden-Side-of-Happiness

Inthisarticle,“TheHiddenSideofHappiness”,KathleenMcGowansuggeststhatmanypeoplebenefitfromdisasterssothattheybecomebetterandstronger.Facingandstrugglingwiththosemostterrifyingexperiencesusuallymakepeopleunderstandtheirownlifeandtruehappinessdeeply.TracyCyr’smind-blowingexperiencepointsoutthattraumalikediseaseteachingpeopletobehappyandtonurtureotherlifearesosimple.RichTedeschi’sstudyshowsmostpeoplewhoexperienceaterrifyingphysicalthreatthinktheirlifeultimatelybecomesricherandmoregratifying.Peoplewhogrowfromadversityoftenfellmoretolerantandforgivingbutnotfear.Thesacrificeofhappiness,likegrowththroughadversity,isoutweighedbyotherbenefits.Aboveall,adversitymaybringusnotonlypainanddifficulty,butalsoemotionalreward.Itmakesourlifebemorehappinessandmeaningful.