Whether itās the news of a recession getting us down, high temperatures across the country making us all a bit ratty or, oh yeah, the literal global pandemic thatās dominated the news for the last six months, no oneās denying that we could all use some tips on how to find some more happiness in our lives.
What we probably donāt need, though, is for those tips to be delivered by someone especially wealthy, speaking from their holiday home in the Bahamas.
Unfortunately, thatās what happened during Thursdayās edition of Good Morning Britain, where singer-songwriter Joss Stone was a guest.
Speaking via video-link, the Super Duper Love singer spoke about her new podcast A Cuppa Happy, declaring: āIāve noticed that we have a lot of opportunity to be happy and we donāt always take it.ā
She went on to say that she felt having āchoiceā was the key to being happy, noting: āEvery person Iāve spoken to, so far [on the podcast] has flagged that we have choice. And I donāt think everybody truly feels that way. I think some people genuinely feel that they donāt have it. And that is a total myth.ā
Joss continued: āIf we can accept that we do have choice in mostly every direction unless weāre enslaved... or in prison... mentally we have little choices that we make as we walk along in this life.
āAnd that is for every single person. Thatās comforting. Itās a nice thought and very freeing.ā
Now, obviously Joss Stoneās intent was that we should all try and find some happiness in our lives at a difficult time, and thatās certainly not something we feel should be knocked.
But the delivery of that message was not exactly well-received by many GMB viewers who were watching along on social media, with Jossā name creeping up the list of Twitterās trending topics shortly afterwards...
Joss is yet to comment on the controversy, but did write on Instagram on Thursday morning: ā@GMB Lovely to chat. Missing England now. Be home soon, canāt wait.ā