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Happiness is an emotion, it comes and goes. Even the premise of "are you happy?" is missing the point. Are we talking about feeling happiness twice as much as
by everdev 8y ago
Happiness is an emotion, it comes and goes. Even the premise of "are you happy?" is missing the point.
Are we talking about feeling happiness twice as much as feeling sadness? 4x, 10x? Sadness can come from things outside our control.
I think a better goal is are you present? Are you listening to yourself and to what you really want for your life?
Everyone will want different things but making an emotion the goal is a fools errand.
- elcomet 8y agoI don't believe happiness is an emotion. Joy is an emotion, it comes and goes. But happiness is more than this, it can be a perpetual state of consciousness and comes in parallel to emotions.
- parylose 8y agoThat reminds me of a Billy Joel (singer) interview. He said he was always asked if he was happy now and he stressed out when he couldn't answer yes. He ended up pursuing happiness at high cost. He eventually realized just because he wasn't happy didn't mean he was sad. Happiness and sadness are extremes. Most of the time you just are. He learned to just be and appreciate the happy times.
- CrazyPyroLinux 8y agoThe Oatmeal did a great comic on this, which I think illustrates your point perfectly: https://theoatmeal.com/static/unhappy.html https://theoatmeal.com/static/unhappy.html