Tag Archives: happiness

How to Find Happiness in an Unhappy World

Posted on 6 November, 2016 by alfin2101

Dimensions of Happiness Happiness is almost never where you think you will find it. If you become too impatient — if you never learn how to set the table and allow happiness to come to dinner — you may set … Continue reading →

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Happiness Deconstructed

Posted on 12 July, 2016 by alfin2101

What is Happiness? First, a few things that happiness IS NOT: bitter hostility, helpless loneliness, a despairing dearth of choices, a lack of personal confidence based upon genuine personal incompetence, the absence of any meaningful purpose. The Happiness of Pleasure … Continue reading →

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Love Hurts, Truth Hurts, Beauty Hurts, But Suicide is Painless?

Posted on 20 February, 2014 by alfin2101

Life is hard, and then you die . . . attributed to Adam, husband of Eve, after having eaten of the fruit of the tree Life is what happens to us when we are making other plans. __ Allen Saunders … Continue reading →

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We Are Marching to Euphoria: We Will Soon be There

Posted on 18 December, 2013 by alfin2101

Wikipedia Reward System Life isn’t easy, for most of us. No matter how well we were pampered or sheltered as children and teens, eventually there comes a time when we have to face the music, and stand on our own. … Continue reading →

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