Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Pursuit Of Unhappiness

A thing always makes you unhappy when you need it for happiness.
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  1. Rum-Punch DrunkJanuary 2, 2013 at 10:59 AM

    Then we ought to find a way to make us more content in ourselves.
    Epicureus (spelt wrong) said, for a man to fill fulfilled, all he need do is prune his desires, in words to that effect.

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  2. Helena FortissimaJanuary 2, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    Sometimes, that "thing" is a pre-conceived notion of what happiness is or should be.

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  3. Gerry HatrićJanuary 2, 2013 at 12:50 PM

    Spot on.

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  4. Yun YiJanuary 2, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    so true! yet people won't give it up.

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  5. JaneneJanuary 2, 2013 at 2:38 PM

    Good one, Marty. It really makes you think.

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  6. SprigBlossomsJanuary 2, 2013 at 7:39 PM

    Very true, NP -- the balance of attachment and detachment. So nice to read your aphorisms here after a while :)

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  7. PBScottJanuary 2, 2013 at 9:13 PM

    Nice one Marty,

    The only thing worse than having your crutch fall from underneath you is being that crutch.

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  8. DanBonserJanuary 3, 2013 at 9:59 AM

    I see this as a two way thing, as people do use things as a crutch.

    BUT, the things I need for happiness, I really do need! Like life, air, food....

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  9. Blue BeadJanuary 3, 2013 at 7:22 PM

    I think we need to focus on being interested rather than happy.

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  10. KleopatraJanuary 4, 2013 at 4:13 PM

    That is interesting.
    Actually at first I wasn't sure if I should agree, but after having thought about it some more, I totally agree!

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  11. UnknownJanuary 5, 2013 at 9:10 PM

    It's that word, need. It makes us vulnerable to loss and therefore sucks the happiness right out.

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  12. Gina left the mallJanuary 6, 2013 at 2:48 PM

    So very true whether the "thing" is an object, a person or, as Helena mentioned, a pre-conceived idea.

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  13. Jon WhitingJanuary 7, 2013 at 2:39 PM

    True... And that thing can be so many different things. I think true happiness comes when we learn that it doesn't really come from "things". Thanks for the words of wisdom.

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  14. Drew ByrneJanuary 8, 2013 at 4:49 AM

    Perhaps it is better to remain miserable and remove all doubt...

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  15. JerseyLilJanuary 8, 2013 at 12:16 PM

    So true, Marty! True happiness only comes from within; it does not come from outside of ourselves so no need to pursue it.

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  16. AndrewJanuary 9, 2013 at 8:00 AM

    Great! Totally agreed!

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  17. scribadivaJanuary 27, 2013 at 11:03 AM

    Funny! so let's get rid of desire, a la Buddha! I am content this minute to scan my reader.

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  18. scribadivaJanuary 27, 2013 at 11:04 AM

    Funny! so let's get rid of desire, a la Buddha! I am content this minute to scan my reader.

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  19. decoronlineNovember 4, 2013 at 4:42 AM

    (Y)

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