I'm reminded at times throughout the day that happiness is a relative thing.
Watching others achieve something and being happy about it. Getting something from someone. Doing something really awesome. And so on and so on.
You could be happy that you got a raise for next year or next quarter, only to then turn around and discover the company is going under in a couple of years. In that case you can be happy now, but eventually unhappy later when you become unemployed.
Or you can have all the financial wealth possible, make smart decision on how to live life, and still be a grouch leaving and coming home every day because of one's personality, the people one has to deal with, and so on.
Some people derive happiness from things like pleasure - sex for example (I think that sex is just a way to keep one regular, or at least from going insane, as opposed to happy). Others derive happiness from watching others be happy. That would be hard for me to be if I'm constantly under stress watching others being happy - it's almost as if our collective existences are disconnected to a large degree.
I guess in a way happiness is a state of mind and body in one's life relative to others in your life.
Watching others achieve something and being happy about it. Getting something from someone. Doing something really awesome. And so on and so on.
You could be happy that you got a raise for next year or next quarter, only to then turn around and discover the company is going under in a couple of years. In that case you can be happy now, but eventually unhappy later when you become unemployed.
Or you can have all the financial wealth possible, make smart decision on how to live life, and still be a grouch leaving and coming home every day because of one's personality, the people one has to deal with, and so on.
Some people derive happiness from things like pleasure - sex for example (I think that sex is just a way to keep one regular, or at least from going insane, as opposed to happy). Others derive happiness from watching others be happy. That would be hard for me to be if I'm constantly under stress watching others being happy - it's almost as if our collective existences are disconnected to a large degree.
I guess in a way happiness is a state of mind and body in one's life relative to others in your life.
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