Do you ever
question your own happiness? Or do you
just take your day as it comes without considering whether you are happy or
not? Is happiness relative?
When I have the luxury of really browsing
in a book store I will look through the self-help section with considerable
interest. I am astonished at the variety
of books on subjects that perhaps would never cross a person’s mind if it wasn’t
brought out front and centre by a new guru’s book. This isn’t to say that the topics aren’t
relevant, if you happen to be considering a simple life, life without
additives, happiness, depression or what have you. As I have mentioned before self analysis does
not come easy to me. That does not mean
that I am not constantly analysing myself, but I always find it rather
disconcerting to sit down and answer multiple choice questions about myself
since (1) I can usually figure out what
the “right” answer should be and (2) one’s mood is always changing so how I
feel is not going to be the same today as it is next week.
So what does happiness really look like for
anyone? I would hazard a guess to say
that perhaps the overriding key is “no money worries”. I believe it is pretty difficult to be happy
if you are worried about paying bills. I
don’t mean that you cannot have moments of happiness while you are in debt, but
I mean that sort of contented happiness that is with you always. So the question then becomes is happiness
contentedness? Well, no. Um, maybe.
Partly. See what I mean? Happiness is as simple or as complex as we
make it.
Are you happy today?
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