Is happiness elusive or are we the ones avoiding it?
Take a look in the mirror and ask this one question “Am I happy?”
I assure you, you will find it difficult to answer that for yourself and if you do give a quick reply it is somewhere between “Not just quite,” “No”, “I’ll be happy when...”
Don’t worry I know what you mean that is my problem too. See, when I want something so bad I am a bit restless and don’t feel good until I have it. I am restraining myself from total happiness or at least the joy of enjoying what I already have because of something I want to have.
When you lock onto desire for something (or someone), you build up expectations and we know unfulfilled expectations always cause unhappiness. The greater the expectation we have the deeper the unhappiness we feel.
Are we living in an increasingly material world that we believe that external things we desire can complete our happiness? Can we never ever be satisfied? When will it be enough?
Take a look in the mirror and ask this one question “Am I happy?”
I assure you, you will find it difficult to answer that for yourself and if you do give a quick reply it is somewhere between “Not just quite,” “No”, “I’ll be happy when...”
Don’t worry I know what you mean that is my problem too. See, when I want something so bad I am a bit restless and don’t feel good until I have it. I am restraining myself from total happiness or at least the joy of enjoying what I already have because of something I want to have.
When you lock onto desire for something (or someone), you build up expectations and we know unfulfilled expectations always cause unhappiness. The greater the expectation we have the deeper the unhappiness we feel.
Are we living in an increasingly material world that we believe that external things we desire can complete our happiness? Can we never ever be satisfied? When will it be enough?
Gaining the satisfaction with what we have is not easy because we are easily tempted to compare ourselves with others who have more or something different you wish you have too. It is so difficult not to envy and to not compete.
But truly I can say that is the answer to our quest: “Find joy in what you have and stop looking at what others have.”
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Thank you very much. I am so caught up in the B.S. of the Web trying to get more and more traffic I do not think I will ever be happy. I do not evan know why I care about what I am Doing. I am just going to say f all this caring about stats and try to be happy. Thank you again
I do believe that YOU choose to be happy. Our lives can never be perfect but we can still be happy with our situation.
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Joey
i do agree in your thought.
nice one...
keep up the good work...
I completely agree.
Unfortunately, I am guilty of wanting too much as well.
Well said!
Nice thoughts...but i think happiness is relative...wanting something and trying to get it may make some people happy as for everyone happiness is not equal to satisfaction.
Thanks everyone.