Happy is not the same thing as good, or flourishing, or vibrant. Do you only want to be happy?
"Happiness is not a destination, it's a direction."
"The macronutrients of happiness are enjoyment, satisfaction and purpose."
"Enjoyment takes an urge for pleasure and adds two important things: communion and consciousness."
"Satisfaction... is the thrill you get from accomplishing a goal."
"We can make do without enjoyment for a while, even without a lot of satisfaction. Without purpose however, we are utterly lost."
"The common strategy of trying to eliminate suffering from life to get happier is futile and mistaken. We must instead look for the why of life to make pain an opportunity for growth."
"Happiness is a combination of enjoyment, satisfaction and purpose. To get happier is to get more of these elements, in a balanced way-- not all of one and none of another. But if you were reading closely, you noticed one funny thing about all three: they all have some unhappiness."
"The secret to the best life is to accept your unhappiness (so you can learn and grow) and manage the feelings that result."
"Your emotions are signals to your conscious brain that something is going on that requires your attention and action-- that's all they are. Your conscious brain, if you choose to use it, gets to decide how you respond to them."
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-- the choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
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