"So where are the most relaxed places in the UK? You take the high road and head north.
The least anxious area is the most northerly - Eilean Siar, Orkney & Shetland. In the outer isles some 71% scored three or less. Next is Moray. Then Aberdeenshire followed by Angus and Highland. The five most laid back places in Britain are all in the north of Scotland.
And the region doesn't just do well on its anxiety rating. Eilean Siar, Orkney & Shetland also comes out top when people were asked how happy they were yesterday and how worthwhile they considered their life.
The only category in which the remote islands off our most northerly coasts failed to come top was when asked to rate their life satisfaction - they came second behind Bath and North Somerset."
So the happiest or at least, least anxious places, are all in the northern Scotland. Is that related to the affection that English-speaking people around the world have for the Highlands, even when they have never visited?
And the place with the highest life satisfaction is Bath - right next to Glastonbury. Odd?
It is odd that Scotland should rate so highly, given the violent nature of its past.
I married a Scot, his family members all moved to England, Ireland, Canada and Australia back in the '40's looking for work etc.
(and how smart are they now, wanting to free themselves from the UK only to put on the yoke of Europe? I guess I don't know the whole story there. Personally I loved travelling through Scotland, it was the wilderness areas that appealed most.)
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
The Highlands of Scotland seem to me to be the entry point for the planet of a golden coloured energy that activates (as far as appropriate) the crown chakras of humans.
Hence the fondness that English-speakers throughout the world have for the Scottish Highlands
Scotland is a very beautiful place in many ways. There is a lot of spirituality there both in freemasonry and outside freemasonry. I can understand why people want to go to the highlands either to work or retire or simply just escape from hectic city life. Although Scottish history has its violent side it has many spiritual connections with France through the Stewarts and the Sinclairs and other noble families.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
Talking of general happiness in the circumstances of people's lives; people tend to be happier on the whole when life is simpler, because they feel more secure and have fewer worries and concerns.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
I have noticed that people in relatively physical tasks seem to be happier - partly because they can see the results of their efforts. I experienced that as a commercial cleaner - bringing order even if transient.
The most difficult tasks may be those that require motivating and coordinating large numbers of people but that is the task at hand: bringing the human race into right group activity.
I go along with what you've said there. Coordinating large groups is not an easy task, but I take my hat off to people who can do it successfully. It requires the ability to inspire and motivate people, i.e. one has to be able to encourage others and give them something to look forward to in the future. When people are inspired and have a positive outlook they tend to support each other and build good working relationships.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers