Words To Live By Update 3January2018
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Mayor
R Dub!
Rock on cupcake!
Not to disagree; for those that wish to live by such philosophy are welcome to try.
BUT !!
While it might be mistaken for stoicism by some, the thin edge of the philosophical wedge is:
"Disappointment is a function of expectation. If you don't expect anything, you can't be disappointed." psychologist Joy Browne
In United States consumerist culture the zeitgeist is that we can buy happiness*.
Meaning: to be happy, acquire what you want:
- a spouse
- a job
- a car
- a house
- a Big Mac w/ fries & a diet Coke
etc.
BUT !!
The reality is:
it's not what to acquire to be happy,
but rather how to be happy with what you / we already have.
Beyond that, step over the steamer of the notion of happiness, a potential will-o’-the-wisp.
Do the maintenance.
Eat a nutritious diet in appropriate amounts.
Avoid excesses.
"Judge not, that ye be not judged." Matthew 7:1
That means not only not to judge others, but to not judge yourself.
The painful irony is:
Those that seek happiness most deliberately seem to be those least likely to find it.
Heroin addicts & drunkards come to mind.
In vivid contrast, consider the most successful among us:
Warren Buffet
Bill Gates
Taylor Swift
Oprah
These superstars didn't focus on obtaining fame.
They undertook to do what it was they wanted to do, what interests them.
Their happiness was / is incidental.
Why bother ?!
Every day is a new opportunity.
Leave the subjective for when you're dancing the horizontal hoochy-coochy.
Rock on cupcake!
Not to disagree; for those that wish to live by such philosophy are welcome to try.
BUT !!
While it might be mistaken for stoicism by some, the thin edge of the philosophical wedge is:
"Disappointment is a function of expectation. If you don't expect anything, you can't be disappointed." psychologist Joy Browne
In United States consumerist culture the zeitgeist is that we can buy happiness*.
Meaning: to be happy, acquire what you want:
- a spouse
- a job
- a car
- a house
- a Big Mac w/ fries & a diet Coke
etc.
BUT !!
The reality is:
it's not what to acquire to be happy,
but rather how to be happy with what you / we already have.
Beyond that, step over the steamer of the notion of happiness, a potential will-o’-the-wisp.
Do the maintenance.
Eat a nutritious diet in appropriate amounts.
Avoid excesses.
"Judge not, that ye be not judged." Matthew 7:1
That means not only not to judge others, but to not judge yourself.
The painful irony is:
Those that seek happiness most deliberately seem to be those least likely to find it.
Heroin addicts & drunkards come to mind.
In vivid contrast, consider the most successful among us:
Warren Buffet
Bill Gates
Taylor Swift
Oprah
These superstars didn't focus on obtaining fame.
They undertook to do what it was they wanted to do, what interests them.
Their happiness was / is incidental.
To do that it would be necessary to contrast it to every previous day.
Why bother ?!
Every day is a new opportunity.
Leave the subjective for when you're dancing the horizontal hoochy-coochy.
* I know. "Money can't buy happiness." I heard that one. How many $poor people have you ever heard say it?
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Come on, Craig. Isn't this too much of a meltdown for a simple post encouraging positive thinking?
Zam-Zam
Senator
He has denied being Craig, so I'll take him at his word, despite the obvious similarities........
