We Are Happy Despite Our Losses Image designed by © luciano on AdobeStock Both young and middle-aged people, almost everyone, dreads becoming old. Yet research has found that when we are older, most of us are happy — even happier than when we were younger. Yet, this doesn’t add up. We all know in our bones that neither dread of growing old nor happiness can be the whole story. My early experiences with old people were unpleasant and a bit scary. One of my grandfathers was bed