> The emotion is sold because the emotion exists. They wouldn't be able to sell it if it didn't. Very true. > What brings you happiness, what brings you joy,

> The emotion is sold because the emotion exists. They wouldn't be able to sell it if it didn't. Very true. > What brings you happiness, what brings you joy, is not really up to you. Not quite so true, because of this: > Don't think it has to look like anything, because it doesn't. In general, people who are "sold" aren't going to be as happy as people who are capable of identifying their needs for themselves. In the case where a person is used to being sold, it's probably true that they're not as capable of taking this kind of responsibility for themselves. However this is a skill that can be learned. It's the reason why I'm far happier now as a married man living a very simple life than I was when I was making gobs of money, renting an expensive beach house with a massive pool, and getting drunk all the time while chasing women. I was sold on an ideal, and it was god awful depressing. As soon as I learned to let that go, things got much, much better.