But see this recent caveat about the cult of cheerfulness: Cheerfulness Cannot Be Compulsory

Complementary virtues¶

• amiability
• joy
• optimism

Contrasting vices¶

• being a downer
• gloom
• grumpiness
• being a killjoy
• being morbid
• moroseness

Virtues possibly in tension¶

• candor
• sincerity

How to acquire or strengthen it¶

TBD

Notes and links¶

TBD

Mentioned elsewhere¶

• One of the virtues in the Boy Scout Law.
• One of William De Witt Hyde’s virtues

Inspirational quotes¶

TBD