I did not say that one way was the only way for either one. I said “more into” a certain way. Beside which there are sources for much of what I said.
As far as being more happy, that is a Halacha. See Rema on Birkat Cohanim siman 128:44. Ashkenazim don’t do birkat cohanim daily because they are not happy.
Another reason given why Ashkenazim don’t do birkat cohanim daily is because they are less unified. They don’t have a shaliah tsibbur read everything out loud to unify them. A Cohen can’t select to whom he blesses. The bracha (Asher kid’shanu bikdushato shel Aharon vitsivanu levarech et amo yisrael b’ahava) states that he blesses Am Yisrael – collectively.
The Meshech Chochmah points out that the mitsvah of Hakhel is after a Sh’mita year for a reason. During Sh’mita people focused less on gashmiut and more on learning, and they were better able to come together. One of the main things, if not the main thing, that separates people is striving for wealth. The Rema mentioned above explains that Ashkenazim are not happy because they are worried about their livelihood.
The Chida (don’t have the reference now) says that Ashkenazim are more into Gevura, whereas Sephardim are more into Chessed. He points out that they needed the Gevura to withstand Bnai Esav.
Askenazim are the ones who have broken off into various philosophical groups: Reform, Conservative, etc…
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“We live a yeshivish life, nothing less and nothing more. No changes. Orthodox shuls only. “
I didn’t say you don’t keep everything, but in many Sephardic shuls, you have a mix and it’s accepted that way. Not that we prefer it that way. In one Shul that I have attended, I saw a Sephardic Mashgiah of a charaidi Yeshiva visiting from Yerushalayim happily sitting next to his mechallel Shabbat befarhesia cousin. I find it difficult to beleive that would happen in an Ashkenazic shul.