Posted by Dinah on August 10, 2005, at 22:21:19
In reply to So what is this thing about happiness finally??, posted by orchid on August 10, 2005, at 20:30:18
Few people are that deliriously happy all the time. I'm not sure we're meant to be. Or maybe there are a few lucky euthymic souls with just the right brain chemistry.
For most of us, I think happiness is relative. I think I'll always be relatively dysthmic. But I also think contentment and satisfaction are easier goals than happiness. Not physical contentment and satisfaction, necessarily, but emotional and spiritual contentment and satisfaction.
I won't get there until I start doing better at work, and stop spending and eating so much.
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