Reading this, there seems to be an assumption that your perceived purpose is to achieve happiness. There is a school of thought that one’s purpose is not to do

Reading this, there seems to be an assumption that your perceived purpose is to achieve happiness. There is a school of thought that one’s purpose is not to do anything but live. Where life contains both periods of happiness and despair. That both are important, though there are an infinite set of emotional positions to experience and that all of them are valuable, even if some are unsettling or uncomfortable. I used to have preconceptions of not just achieving happiness as a purpose but which things specifically I needed to accomplish to be happy. Several years ago a friend introduced me to philosophy offered by the mystic Sadguru. Some of his work has had great influence on me. You may appreciate some of what he has to say: https://youtu.be/vQ7ZvPghdy8 https://youtu.be/vQ7ZvPghdy8