4 ms·
All other things being equal, I suppose more money is better than less. But ultimately, happiness is a decision we make every day—or not. For me, a mindfulness
by StacyC 14y ago
All other things being equal, I suppose more money is better than less. But ultimately, happiness is a decision we make every day—or not.
For me, a mindfulness meditation practice has made this daily decision much easier. I need so little to be happy, and find so much everywhere to be happy about.
We get what we expect, so expect the good.
- potatolicious 14y ago> " But ultimately, happiness is a decision we make every day—or not." This strikes me as a position that can only be taken by the already-fortunate. If you don't me saying so, it reads like "let them eat cake". It's easy for us bourgeois, upper-middle, people with relatively few worries to talk down to the poor "but can't you just choose to be happy and not sweat the little stuff?!" "take some time off and meditate on your happiness!" But when you don't know where your next rent check is coming from, how you will put food on the table next week for your loved ones, and you are one flat tire away from missing work, getting fired, and complete ruin... happiness really isn't a decision you make every day. There is a bar at which the basic needs of life are no longer constant worries, and a person can actually take the time to reflect and breathe. Most of this country is below that bar.