Happiness and Acceptance (the Cessation of Struggle)
abracad, · Categories: self helpThe pursuit of happiness only fuels unhappiness. In trying to be happy many people strive for a better job, bigger house, faster car and all kinds of various other crap. If they don't get all they want it makes them unhappy. If they do get it they find it makes them less happy than they thought and/or the novelty soon wears off and so they chase after yet more materialist crap. But, unlike how we get conditioned from birth, doesn't real happiness come when we stop struggling - against the world and our circumstances - and simply accept things as they are. Then we start to appreciate all the small stuff that's really satisfying, apply our efforts to things that really matter, and stop trying for crap that can never satisfy.
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