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Nice, but a lot of words. Happiness is how you choose to relate - that is, happily. It takes practice and exercise, and then over time, it's who you are. If it

Nice, but a lot of words. Happiness is how you choose to relate - that is, happily. It takes practice and exercise, and then over time, it's who you are. If it sounds simplistic, think of it like body building, where instead of lifting weights, you choose to relate happily, It's within the reach of every conscious being with choice. That said, choosing happiness is obviously often difficult, and also easier if you have someone you can ask for help, either a person, or a deity, a buddha, or maybe just a dog. If you are a committed atheist, you can always say, please dog, help me choose happiness. I can pretty much guarantee they will give you the only answer you need. Woof.

psychoslave 5y ago
Even as atheist one can converse with fictive entities. I would even go as far as telling that in any society that have any form of administration, one will have to deal with fictive entities. Back on the focus to happiness, I just finished to read ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy[1]. I recommend it to anyone who thinks there is too much hindrances between them and happiness, or any life-according-to-own-values aim. What I especially appreciated in the book: - humor is often used at right level - it doesn’t sell itself as a stack of miracle turn-key solutions that works 100% of time - the work itself doesn’t simply expose practical skills and techniques, it is a living example of applying them [1] https://www.amazon.com/ACT-Made-Simple-Easy-Read/dp/1684033012 https://www.amazon.com/ACT-Made-Simple-Easy-Read/dp/16840330...