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A broken smile

Permanent Linkby Hallusinating on Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:03 am

No...total brain fart....nothing....eh
I haven`t written in here for some days, which means A i am happy or B i am dead? Not really sure which one it is?

Have i died?....NO
Am i happy?....eh..lets get back to that one later.

What is happiness?
I see happy as something a bit naive, something connected to my childhood(ironically).
When adults are happy they always respond with "i am good", i so rarely hear people say " i am happy", and i think its because its related to a feeling that they knew from childhood.

Adults are way to sceptic to be happy, and seldom do you see they`re faces light up with a smile from ear to ear.
If you see a man laughing in a bar at a joke, is he happy or just laughing? Two hours later he could be beating the cr** out of his wife at home.
So i really don`t know what happiness is and i find its something only the most spiritual people talk about.
Sure i have heard people say that "i am in a happy place right now", but not "i am happy".
Also i think its because its such a concrete feeling to say "i am happy", it`s present meaning i am happy right now, and we all know or get told that happiness never lasts so we don`t say it in fear of looking like assh**** when we suddenly crash into something again..

Also happiness is a mental condition, and i think for many mental patients its difficult to say "i am happy" because 20 seconds later they remember something bad and fall right back down again.

So what is your opinion on happiness? Leave a comment! :mrgreen:

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Re: A broken smile

Permanent Linkby Bricky on Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:20 pm

I think "happiness" is very much a think of our western culture. Also, it is a fairly new concept. Probably just the last couple generations. My father was born in 1938 and things were tough. "Happiness" was having meat for dinner once a week since it was too costly to afford. So if you remember the Maslow's Pyramid Of Human Needs, that has basic life necessities on the bottom; food, water, shelter, safety. Near the top of the pyramid.... self esteem, confidence, achievement, etc. And you couldnt fulfill any needs higher on the pyramid until the ones below it were satisfied. ie. If you were homeless, starving, and didnt feel safe, you couldnt possible satisfy the higher up needs such as self esteem, etc. So lets jump ahead to my generation where my siblings and I didnt have to fear starving or worry about having shelter. Now, importance shifts to "Am I happy? Why arent I happy? What do I need to do to "be happy"? Dont get me wrong, I thing some self-help books are terrific and introspection is good....to a point. Not only is happiness a mirage, unrealistic, but the harder you chase it, the less happy you are, IMHO. Happiness is a relative term. Without sadness there is no happiness. Without excitement there is no boredom. You get the point. So to conclude, we are a generation of, "if im not happy 24/7, there must be something wrong with me." One of my favorite saying is, "Expect little and you'll never be disappointed." At first I thought, this quote trains people to have low expectations which cant be a good thing. True, for certain situations, I believe so ie. "I am lucky to even have a job so Im not going to ask for a raise even though my last one was ten yrs ago". But regarding happiness, the quote works wonders....as long as you believe it, and feel it in your heart.
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