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Anonymous. Vet Files: WSPA Vets Leading the Way in Animal Welfare, 2010. Available online: http://www.mosaicoanimal.org/Images/WSPA_Vets_Final-sml_tcm25-22189_tcm46-29365_tcm50-33726.pdf (accessed on 24 September 2015). Choose an activity that sounds like pure fun — not something you feel you should want to do, but something you just want to do.

Camus pursues the perennial prey of philosophy — the questions of who we are, where and whether we can find meaning, and what we can truly know about ourselves and the world — less with the intention of capturing them than continuing the chase. My partner is taking a class in psychology and one assignment asks her to write a paper answering the question “What makes life worth living?”

Passion can be negative or positive, however. Negative passions, referred to as obsessive passions, are maladaptive and lead to unhealthy behaviors; these types of passions should be avoided. On the other hand, positive, harmonious passions improve our behavior and lead to optimal functioning. Gaisford, C. (2017). How to find your passion and purpose: Four easy steps to discover a job you want and live the life you love (The art of living). Blue Giraffe Publishing.Anonymous. Poultry Farming: Welfare Regulations; United Kingdom Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: London, UK, 2013. Available online: https://www.gov.uk/poultry-welfare-guidance-on-the-farm - welfare-code (accessed on 12 April 2015). Experimental laboratory studies have demonstrated a temporal relationship between positive mood and sense of meaning. Inducing a positive mood results in higher reports of meaning (for a review, see Heintzelman & King, 2014).