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Excellent article. Noticed a few typos.

The hidden art of happiness is the art of making our abstract values concrete and real—and of bringing out out the abstract meaning of the concrete.

Should be: ... and of bringing [out] the abstract ...

But they do so in unique way.

Should be: But they do so in [a] unique way.

That formalizes your commitment to you betrothed, but emotionally it is meaningless.

Should be: ... your commitment to [your] betrothed ...

The Maria Montessori quote contains what I suspect is a typo, but I don't have access to the text so can't confirm. I think it should be: "... working with his hands, [by] using his hands as the instruments ..."

This can happen on a grand scale—envisioning the a new kind of phone or a transformative work ...

Should be: ... envisioning [a] new kind of phone ...

Not the the errands you had to run or the doctors appointments you had to make, but the romantic dinners and adventurous vacations.

Should be: Not [the] errands you had to run ...

... and of bringing out out the abstract meaning of the concrete.

Should be: ... and of bringing [out] the abstract meaning of the concrete.

... licensed psychologists who make careers out telling you how to be happy are unable to conceive ...

Should be: ... who make careers out [of] telling you how ...

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