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Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
WILLIAM JAMES
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Do not try to be positive
Moments of happiness are obtained by comparing them with moments of sadness.
You cannot be happy without previously experiencing a symmetric sadness. Without the sadness, you will not be able to identify what feels good.
Actually, moments of sadness are a predictor for happiness.
This explains why sometimes poor people are happier than very rich people. Rich people increased the threshold of feeling happy and they should add over that threshold in order to feel happy again. With a lower threshold, it is easier to achieve happiness.
Try to be sad, you will encounter unexpected happiness!
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The average sum of good and bad feelings is constant. It is zero.
If you are trying to always be happy, you are simply following an illusion. This is why social media does not help your brain. We are forced to replicate the level of happiness seen online, a fake happiness.
Think about an entire day when you did not have anything to do and then go to a party. Compare it with a day when you had things to resolve and then went to the party.
Which one of the parties felt better?
Of course the one after a hard day. The average of feelings is constant, but you concentrated your happiness on the end - and it felt better & more natural - expectations were better met.
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