Happiness is a Myth
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Hi unJunk,
I read your profile, and saw that one of your goals is "to feel wanted". This leads me to assume that perhaps you have experienced a great deal of loss, rejection, and/or abandonment in your life. Naturally, this would make you skeptical about achieving happiness, and would wreak havoc on your self-esteem, always wondering what it is you lack that makes people reject or leave you. The thing is, you don't lack anything. What you need in order to achieve happiness exists right there inside of you. You just need to learn how to tap into it.
Happiness is a choice, so what you first need to do is to choose it. Believing that it's possible will open doors of opportunities you never dreamed of.0 -
I totally agree with you! All of us are born with a hole inside that will never truly be satisfied with anything here on this earth. You were created by God, He loves you, and you will be forever changed and forever satisfied if you give your life to Him. True joy comes from Jesus. He says that He is the living water that, if you drink it, you will never thirst again.0
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..Its all a lie
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Being Happy is a myth...Its an illusion to what we all are trying to attain. In everything we do in our daily lives its this deluded concept that what we are doing can somehow make us happy. We go to our jobs to slave away and earn a few dollars to buy stuff. We bite into a warm chocolate chip cookie for 5 seconds of bliss. A cigarette, a drink, a relationship, SEX. None of it is happiness its this false short lived instant... a brief moment. Its all a lie
The cake is also a lie...
LOL...this made me laugh for realz... thank you
You're welcome, you haz happy nao?
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Happiness is not a goal, it is a process, and an attitude.
At all times, you decide.
Certainly, misery likes to be shared. Suck it up, bro. Find your reason, and fight for it.0 -
If you choose to believe that ...............your life sucks lol
LOL! Yup!0 -
You create your environment. Choose to allow others to effect it, or not...0
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Being Happy is a myth...Its an illusion to what we all are trying to attain. In everything we do in our daily lives its this deluded concept that what we are doing can somehow make us happy. We go to our jobs to slave away and earn a few dollars to buy stuff. We bite into a warm chocolate chip cookie for 5 seconds of bliss. A cigarette, a drink, a relationship, SEX. None of it is happiness its this false short lived instant... a brief moment. Its all a lie
Albert Camus has joined MFP?
Who knew!0 -
I heard there was cake here.0
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We should all live in a box and drink rain water.0
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Being Happy is a myth...Its an illusion to what we all are trying to attain. In everything we do in our daily lives its this deluded concept that what we are doing can somehow make us happy. We go to our jobs to slave away and earn a few dollars to buy stuff. We bite into a warm chocolate chip cookie for 5 seconds of bliss. A cigarette, a drink, a relationship, SEX. None of it is happiness its this false short lived instant... a brief moment. Its all a lie
You need moar....
WIN!!!
WIN INDEED!!!!0 -
Troll.0
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Happiness or joy can be found in many things, small things, big things. I'm happy this morning that Hurricane Sandy hooked around my city and we didn't get hit as badly as many others. I find joy in the fact that my husband smiles when I walk into a room and every day, tells me I'm beautiful. It made me smile on Saturday, when I was raking leaves, to see so many different colours in them, and then to have the neighbourhood toddlers all want to help me with the raking (making a bigger mess) whilst in their halloween costumes. Getting a bag of my favourite British candy in a care package from my sister makes me smile! Life is made up of good and bad, bitter and sweet.
I'm a Christian, but I'm not going to preach. Jesus said, "I come that you may have life in its fullest", not "I come so you will be happy all the time". I take that to mean, that living life fully, is experiencing both the good and the bad. The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" is one of my favourite songs.
I'm sorry that you seem to be so unhappy. .I hope that you can find joy in the little things that make life worth living.0 -
Moron ....Is name calling appropriate.Troll.0 -
I have enough of the small, momentary happy moments to lead to an overall happiness. It is merely ratio. Sadness is only in small moments too...... just have more good than bad, and, in basic math, that translates to relative happiness...... except for maybe in your case, where misery, sadness, anger and bitterness outnumber happy, peaceful, fabulous times....... in which case, you have chosen to allow those things to inflict misery on yourself. So, perhaps, the misery that you feel is a myth......0
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Being Happy is a myth...Its an illusion to what we all are trying to attain. In everything we do in our daily lives its this deluded concept that what we are doing can somehow make us happy. We go to our jobs to slave away and earn a few dollars to buy stuff. We bite into a warm chocolate chip cookie for 5 seconds of bliss. A cigarette, a drink, a relationship, SEX. None of it is happiness its this false short lived instant... a brief moment. Its all a lie
Well, aren't we a f*cking ray of sunshine today?!!?0 -
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We should all live in a box and drink rain water.
But I don't WANT rain water, I want CAKE! Now I'm *really* not happy.0 -
See? Now I am LMAO, which subsequently causes The Happy.0 -
I feel sad for you. We make our own happiness, obviously you've opted out.0
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http://www.amazon.com/Stumbling-Happiness-Daniel-Gilbert/dp/1400077427 I really like this book. It's about our perception of happiness. Really great read, even if it's mostly psychology and doesn't teach you at all how to be happy.
Teach you how to be happy. LOL see this is a perfect example. Happiness isnt a choice something you have done is making you happy and sooner or later that will dissolve. Sure you can keep doing those little things over and over again but our life becomes this endless pusuit of happiness
Dissolve into what? You assume everyone starts at unhappy.0 -
That looks freakin' amazing!0 -
Seriously? Emo kid why so Emo? But since we're going deep here I'll leave you with this:
" 'Sometimes I believe the universe wants to be noticed....
'I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys it's elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it - or my observation of it - is temporary?' " - The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
So, who are you tell us that happiness is a myth? You don't live anyone else's reality but your own. If you're unhappy, you have the power to change it. But telling us that happiness is a myth is only hurting you and continuing a delusion that only you believe in. It's not changing my impression of happiness or my perception of my feelings. Maybe you should be like everyone else and try to achieve personal happiness for yourself. It certainly would be more productive.0 -
Your life must be so depressing.0
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We bite into a warm chocolate chip cookie for 5 seconds of bliss.
You contradict yourself there. If even for 5 seconds, that is a moment of happiness, ergo...happiness does exist, even if it is in small moments in time rather than an extended period.0 -
I feel sorry for you if thats what you beleive. I am extrememly happy everyday of my life.0
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My life is awesome and I'm happy 99% of the time. Even the crap stuff is good because it gives me a frame of reference for all the other awesome that is coming my way.
In short - happy.0 -
Smoke a Bowl....and make this man your idol...0
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Depressing way to look at life.0
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Happiness can be as simple as relishing one great chocolate chip cookie. It is also relative. Realize that you have so much more than many to be happy about. Volunteering to help others can be happiness. Work may suck, but it helps pay the bills and there is life outside of work that you control. Find your passion; make a difference; smile. The very act of smiling makes people happier. Rescue a dog and they will teach you about happiness. My chihuahua puppy, found starving in the streets, is curled up next to me warm, well-fed, and is one happy dog. One dog, one difference; the happiness adds up.0
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