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Dave Slusher
Happiness works just like a muscle, the more you train at it the stronger it gets. The most unhappy people I see put zero effort into being happy. Happiness is not a thing that happens to you, it's a thing you do to the world around you.
September 18, 2009
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Ken Kennedy, Ken Nelson, Heather Solos and Jimminy, CoG of FF liked this
I've heard a similar idea that happiness is situational but joy is attitude dependent. I do work to try to make sure I find they joy, otherwise what is there to enjoy?
- Heather Solos
and I fail at defining things without using the word. Sigh.
- Heather Solos
Liz Phair touched on this in a song: "Love is nothing, nothing, nothing like they say; you've got to get up and work the people every day." It doesn't fall from heaven, this is a contact sport.
- Dave Slusher
Also I should distinguish that i view "happiness" as being like climate and "mood" as being like weather. You can have a bad day or even a lot of them, and still be happy. It's a context for your life. Note that I'm often cranky online but in general I consider myself an absurdly happy person. This is by choice and by my deliberate effort.
- Dave Slusher