{"id":2561,"date":"2015-08-05T20:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2015-08-13T09:13:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T13:13:26","slug":"choosing-happiness-no-matter-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2015\/08\/choosing-happiness-no-matter-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Happiness No Matter What"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Choosing Happiness No Matter What<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/quz4d-57fef1?skin=108\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Airing Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 7:00 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How much have you tied your happiness to events or other people? Most of us get happy around births and weddings but believe it\u2019s wrong to be happy in the face of \u201cserious or significant\u201d circumstances like divorce or death. 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