fdas decision to approve 23andmes bloom syndrome carrier test is a first step for the online offer of medical genetic testing but the real regulatory breakthroughs have yet to come fda approves 23andmes dna test but not the one it halted earlier the lesson of lent for people who dont officially observe lent is to be willing to change to be happy in spite of what we do not have to become aware of our attachments to be less of a slave to our mind and to learn patience and develop endurance lent fitness and sacrifice it may sound strange coming from someone who has written dozens of blogs about happiness and taught a lot of seminars on the subject to hear that happiness isnt necessarily all that its cracked up to be or put another way in terms of ones overall quality of life spirit and degree of personal fulfillment some things play a much more significant role than feelings of happiness better than happiness