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Much as night and day depend upon each other for their very existence, so too does happiness and sadness.
Without one you cannot define the other. To live in a world where everyone is perpetually happy is a nightmare worthy of a Steven King novel. Ditto for a world filled with sadness. It's the balance, as in all things, that is important.
In Chinese medicine diseases are described in many ways, but one of the most shocking to most people is that excessive happiness can bring about sickness.
I'm happy to have been so sad in my life, yet sad that I was so often deliriously happy.
The Four Humours? Yes they did, and having too much or too little of one or the other would have then affected a person's health (according to the practice).
Props and reps to you for knowing about that! A history buddy!!
I only knew about two faces, I guess instead of reading I opted for the cartoon network...lol
I wonder if the people that got sick from excessive happiness got so with recreational booze and drugs or just smiling too much.
I think a lot more people can be happy if they choose to. It's like the glass half empty/half full analogy. If you constantly focus on what you don't have, you'll never be happy. However, if you focus on what you DO have, you can be happy.
This may be an unpopular response, but I believe attitudes, good and bad, are a choice.
Being happy is a choice and many people choose to be unhappy. Some are defined by their woes and misfortunes and would cease to exist without constant complaining.
We only have today with no guarantee of a tomorrow, so why be miserable???
I absolutely agree. I am very happy with my life; I love my job (even after 27 years); I am quite happy with what I have. Do I have regrets? Yes, but I learned from those things and do not allow them to dictate the rest of my life. Do I have things I would like to change? Yes, but again, I do not allow those things to dictate my life. They just give me something to try to achieve.
I work with a couple of people who, I think, are making unhappiness into a profession. It seems as if their sole goal in life is to see how many other people they can make miserable and unhappy. I refuse to allow that to happen with me.
Life's too short to be unhappy every day. Besides, it really does drive people crazy when you are happy and they aren't!
Most people I see are very happy. They have nice homes, nice cars, they go on vacations, they go out, they shop and get what they like, they decorate their homes, plan for great retirements.
Me on the other hand are not in that situation, and I work very hard. So I wonder why I am so clueless as to the key they had and used to have a more optimal situation.
I think you may be confusing possessions with happiness. I have my own home (nothing fancy or expensive, but it is mine-bought as a single mom and paid for by many, many hours of hard work), I don't go and shop and get what I "like", necessities come first and then the decision as to whether or not I really "need" the other. Believe me, over the years, there have been a lot of things I would have liked, but could not afford. My home is not decorated by any stretch of the imagination...it's comfortable! I have never had the need or desire to "keep up with the 'Jones'". My vacations up till the last couple of years have basically been spent with my kids, playing catch up around the house and not having to go to work. Our vacations were "day trips", and playing games with each other. I will have a retirement...not one I will get rich off of, but one I have worked for and stayed in the same job for 27+ years to earn.
I am not complaining about my life. Everything I have, I have worked for up to and including 400+ hours of overtime a year! Even with the work and "not having" the "good" life, I am still happy. I think I may be even happier than some of the ones with the fancy houses and cars and furniture and expensive vactions because I take the time to enjoy what I have and not worry about the rest of it.
I'm not unhappy! I'm happy in my marriage (wouldn't change a thing about my husband), and don't have any regrets about what I have or haven't done in my life.
I think a lot more people can be happy if they choose to. It's like the glass half empty/half full analogy. If you constantly focus on what you don't have, you'll never be happy. However, if you focus on what you DO have, you can be happy.
Life is too short to be miserable.
Ditto, Ditto, Ditto!!
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