What is Happiness, and how does one Sustain it?
This is why a bag of cookies, sex, a good movie, an ice-cold adult beverage, or the perfect cup of coffee can help facilitate (not create as it is our judgment that creates one or the other) ‘happiness’ … but soon after the experience, the happiness fades, as it is short lasting by default (unless you ‘dwell’ on the event or feeling … which is exactly what we do with stress, anger, and depression … so why don’t we do it on positive emotions? The topic of another talk perhaps.) Joy can happen very frequently in the service of others. Buy yourself a coffee, and it’s short-term happiness. Participate in a random act of kindness and buy someone else’s coffee, and it can give you a sense of long-term happiness … aka joy. Hence the old idea that it is better to give than receive. There was an old Indian sage or guru who was asked, how do you stay so calm, happy, and peaceful all the time? His answer was … “I simply don’t mind what happens.” The Fix … if you are not happy
Understand that life is going to be painful. It is going to be hard. It is going to be challenging. It is going to be outside your own preferences and likes. However, you do NOT have to ‘suffer’ on top of the difficulties of life … if you choose not to judge that life is ‘wrong.’ Remember, you are the master of your fate, you are the captain of your soul … and no one is coming to save you! So get after it!
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