RE: Cynical view of happiness.
July 6, 2016 at 8:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2016 at 9:00 pm by bennyboy.)
I rarely actual experience happiness. In my case, it seems to be a response to specfic situations that just pop up. Maybe I'm sitting in the park and a nice breeze starts blowing, and I watch the kids playing and they do something extra cute, and then my wife tells me we just got a few new students in our school.
But I'd very much like to LEARN to be happy. I bought my house because it had cool features I thought would make me happy: walk-in closet, a nice shower off the main bedroom, etc. If I choose to think about them, then they DO make me happy. The same goes for my computer-- I put together my own bitchin' computer, and at first it made me happy, but then I adapted and it was yesterday's news. But if I really think about how fun it was building the computer, I can feel the happiness again, at least a little.
So anyway blah blah blah, I'd say happiness comes from (1) getting in the best possible physical state-- rested well, eaten well, no stress, and then (2) looking for all the good things that I have been ignoring or taking for granted.
But I'd very much like to LEARN to be happy. I bought my house because it had cool features I thought would make me happy: walk-in closet, a nice shower off the main bedroom, etc. If I choose to think about them, then they DO make me happy. The same goes for my computer-- I put together my own bitchin' computer, and at first it made me happy, but then I adapted and it was yesterday's news. But if I really think about how fun it was building the computer, I can feel the happiness again, at least a little.
So anyway blah blah blah, I'd say happiness comes from (1) getting in the best possible physical state-- rested well, eaten well, no stress, and then (2) looking for all the good things that I have been ignoring or taking for granted.
