Comments on: The Aspects of Happiness http://www.lutfitorla.com/2010/02/the-aspects-of-happiness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-aspects-of-happiness To be yourself, you have to change yourself Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:07:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lutfi http://www.lutfitorla.com/2010/02/the-aspects-of-happiness/#comment-30 Lutfi Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:35 +0000 http://www.lutfitorla.com/2010/02/the-aspects-of-happiness/#comment-30 Definitely possible. They say that we can only achieve happiness once we stop chasing it. Or something along those lines. It's an old quote I heard a long time ago. Can't remember who it's credited to. If you go over my post again in the 2nd paragraph or so, you'll see that i'm not dividing happiness into sections. I'm merely trying to define environments that allow happiness to thrive. Right now I believe that happiness is more of an attitude. A state of mind. If you're a happy guy, it'll show in all parts of your life. Likewise if you're always a sad man. But no matter how happy you usually are, things in your environment can really bring you down. Things that you can control and that you can't. So I say that we should spend time crafting environments to change the things you can control. With less things to make you sad, you might still not be happy. But at least it won't take away from your happiness. I'm not sure if that makes sense to you. Definitely possible. They say that we can only achieve happiness once we stop chasing it. Or something along those lines. It's an old quote I heard a long time ago. Can't remember who it's credited to.

If you go over my post again in the 2nd paragraph or so, you'll see that i'm not dividing happiness into sections. I'm merely trying to define environments that allow happiness to thrive.

Right now I believe that happiness is more of an attitude. A state of mind. If you're a happy guy, it'll show in all parts of your life. Likewise if you're always a sad man. But no matter how happy you usually are, things in your environment can really bring you down. Things that you can control and that you can't.

So I say that we should spend time crafting environments to change the things you can control. With less things to make you sad, you might still not be happy. But at least it won't take away from your happiness.

I'm not sure if that makes sense to you.

]]> By: lubna http://www.lutfitorla.com/2010/02/the-aspects-of-happiness/#comment-29 lubna Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:49:25 +0000 http://www.lutfitorla.com/2010/02/the-aspects-of-happiness/#comment-29 Wow. I can't imagine breaking down happiness into sections; I think its too abstract a thing. Have you heard of the Hagakure? It says man are contradicting creatures, never content (or something like that; a friend told me this, so this is hearsay really) but I think there's truth in that. Is it possible to want something more than having it? Wow. I can't imagine breaking down happiness into sections; I think its too abstract a thing. Have you heard of the Hagakure? It says man are contradicting creatures, never content (or something like that; a friend told me this, so this is hearsay really) but I think there's truth in that.

Is it possible to want something more than having it?

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