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Reflective Essay: Differences Between California And Other Places

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Now, very quickly, and some other reason can not think straight about happiness is that we do not go to the same things when we think about life, and we live in reality. Therefore, if you ask a simple question how people blessed in the state of California, and you will not get the correct answer. When you ask that question, you think people must be happier in California if for example, you live in Ohio. (Laughter) And what happens is when you think about living in California, you are thinking of the contrast between California and other places, and in contrast to, for example, in the climate. Well, it turns out that climate is not very important to the soul that suffers and it 's not even very important to the reflective self that decides how

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