Why lumberjacks are happy and you’re not – The Spectator World

The results are in and nature (i.e. God) wins again. A Bureau of Labor Statistics survey has found that lumberjacks and farmers are the happiest, least stressed, and most fulfilled workers, further evidencing that everything we need to be joyful and satisfied in this life is not manmade. Nor does it have much if anything in common with the prevailing culture.

A Washington Post analysis of the survey noted, The most meaningful and happiness-inducing activities were religious and spiritual, followed by the second-happiest activity sports, exercise and recreation.

I am fond of harping about how a godless society is a miserable one. Ericka Andersen noted in USA Today last year how broad-based evidence demonstrates that attendance at worship services is indispensable to a happy, generous, and flourishing society. Yet despite resounding proof of religion s benefits, American church attendance fell below 50 percent for the first time last year, according to Gallup.

via thespectator.com

The picture shows a Fiskar wood splitting axe-maul, a handy exurbanite’s tool (I have one and I love it) but a real lumberjack would probably not be caught dead with it.

We go to church and spend a fair amount of time outdoors and so we’re reasonably happy, all things considered.