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Monday, February 18, 2008*

well did this for CLE, derived from a convo i had with a friend

To me, most people live in pursuit of happiness. But we study so hard, enduring stress, what we get in the end may be a good job with a high income, but the stress doesn’t disappear. What we get to enjoy is the retirement period (short as it may be) after a life of stress? Where does our happiness come in then???
‘Material happiness’, or happiness gained through material means (e.g. money) is just a temporary distraction from reality and the stress derived from it. We ‘happiness’ we feel is actually the uplifting effect when we forget about the stresses of life at that particular moment.
True happiness, I feel, is gained through giving. The warmth and knowledge that you’ve made a difference in someone’s life is the ultimate ‘high’ one can feel. It has been said that (in heroes LOL) no one can live a life of happiness and meaning at the same time. In order to live a life of happiness, one must abandon the past and forget the concerns for the future, whereas those who choose to live a life of meaning are cursed to live in the former and obsess about the latter. Though it is true that to live a life of meaning we have to face reality in the face all the time, the fact that you have made the world a better place to be in to someone else should be enough.

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