Does Anyone Else Ever Feel Like This...?

[Mr.Obvious]

@Mr Obvious

I think you are overcomplicating and expecting too much from happiness. Happiness is neither being 100% happy nor is the absence of unhappiness any different to the presence of happiness. Happiness is just an emotion and if you're not not happy then you're happy. I don't think happiness is anything special but I do think it's elusive. It's hard to make sense of when we aren't sure what we have is good enough to convince ourselves that we are happy.

Maybe. Though I got the feeling that I've got a clear look on what happiness is. I don't feel like I expect too much from happiness.
I just feel our obssession with it is an artifical construct. That we are driven to be happy by external factors and actors who dangle a cheap and sparkly knock-off in front of us: The coca-cola commercial of life, if you will. Plastic smiles and impossible standards.
We believe the conquest so much that we allow it to consume us; forgetting that happiness is not a destination to be reached but the journey itself. That its not something to be forced but found through balance and acceptance in your own life.
I get the feeling we agree on happiness a lot more than this conversation might let on, at first sight, but that we are talking in different terms and from different angles.