Happiness -- With Rewriting Your Life Dr. Ken Best Sheds Some Light on the Elusiveness of Being Happy
What Is Happiness?
What is happiness, and why does it make people so miserable? Because we live in a dualistic world of good and evil, right and wrong, the have and have-nots, we tend to look at our feelings and emotions from this same perspective. If we are not happy, then we are miserable in varying shades of gray.
"Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
— Aristotle
Happiness is often associated with an exalted uplifting feeling, which comes and goes leaving us feeling less than happy. However, happiness can be a state of being that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be jumping for joy every second.
Happiness is probably one of the biggest reasons people are so miserable.
People constantly chase happiness and seldom find it, which leaves them feeling miserable. The idolization of material goods as a source of happiness is usually the culprit. Happiness brought on by the attainment of things is fleeting and leaves us wanting more. It is no different from an addiction to drugs for a contrived sense of happiness.
Feelings should come and go with grace and ease throughout your day. Feelings are your experience of life around you and comprise your internal barometer of how you respond to the world around you. You...
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