Secret to everlasting happiness

Just be happy......that simple.

Sure....you may have to abandon all hopes, dreams, or ambitions. And it would probably help if you lowered your standards. And DEFINITELY aquire a addiction, preferably a legal one (i.e. gambling, alcohol, sex). It will distract you from the ambitions and standards you previously held, barriers to happiness that they are.

See. Talk about self-help. I've taught you all how to be happy and nobody paid $14.95

 

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I bet this will be interesting beside my other thread.

 

With the way things constantly change--moods, circumstances, environments, people, chance--I don't know if I believe there is such a thing as everlasting happiness.

 

I agree. I was being sarcastic but I really do believe that to be happy you just have to be happy. just choose to be. I'm trying to follow my own ideals

 

Right, I agree with you totally. It's a choice.

 

its about your attitude towards happiness...its a choice, like its been said before...just choose to be happy. let things be and be happy

not all that easy when life wants to beat ya down, but just keep that attitude in check and you'll be fine

 

it's not so simple to be happy...coz there are so many limitations and pressure

 

no expectations, no dissappointments. still no guarantees however.

not beating your head against the presuit of gratification where there is none to be found helps though. it's all about probability and that does improve the odds.

the only "secret" is that creating and exploring are where gratification generaly lurks. no guarantee you'll find it anywhere, but the chances are way better there then in trying to impress anyone. even yourself.

excitement is just another way of impairing your judgement so as to prevent yourself from realizing how much gratification you're not finding. too many people expect, mistakenly, to find it there too.

happiness, like many things, can come when you least expect it. sustained happiness depends upon not chaising it away. something the dominant culture keeps (dishonestly) convincing people that the things which do so are where to look for it.

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Happiness is a choice. Yes, there will always be things that bring us down at times. Without those things, we could never appreciate the good times.

My main downfall in happiness used to be expecting things to turn out how I wanted them to be. My dreams in life were too rigid. Now I have the same dreams, but without all the details.

Live each day to the fullest, letting go of the bad good moments and storing the good moments in your heart.

Life is not about the destination, it's about the journey!

 

what if i combine all three addictions you listed?
i think i'd be 3 times as happy then eh

 

All very valid. Too many invest all their emotional energy in a wanted outcome of a situation or relationship and set themselves up for a big crash when things don't turn out as expected. I'm guilty of this myself.

Another point- anger is a decision. Everything is just information until the decision is made to become angry or frustrated. The big challenge is to rid ourselves of prejudicial mental energy before something happens.

Clinical depression may be in part a physiological response to our cutting ourselves off from the natural cues to biological cycles. If some folks were up with the sun and exposed themselves to more natural light early their emotional roller coaster may even itself out.