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I live in the Disneyland with year-round sun. You may think people in such a charming, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you misunderstand the ___1_____of happiness. Many ____2____ people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing ____3_____. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper and more lasting ____4_____. The way people ______5__the belief that a fun-filled , painfree life equals happiness actually ____6___their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But in fact, the opposition is true------usually, things that lead to happiness __7___some pain. As a result, many people avoid the very ____8__that are the _9_of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious ____10_____, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.
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