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shadetree
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Id already written this in response to another post and then i seen they asked for no long responses so i thought id post it up here. Because i cant seem to for the life of me do the one sentence reply thing. I think ive got some sort of long winded writing mental issue lol.
Anyway the person asked about happiness, and this kinda came out and i think its worth passing along and might help somebody to reconsider how they view things hopefully. Might help somebody find a little peace.
You know theres a couple videos on netflix i been meaning to watch about happiness, ones called Happy, and the other is called Happy People a Year in the Taiga about this isolated village in russia where people live off the land. Im curious if those videos point toward some of the stuff im saying below....
I think true happiness is learning to be satisfied with what you got. Thats my theory on why theres so much unhappiness in the world now. Society now adays is driven by money, and everyday we see things on tv and movies and hear about it in songs, read about it in books about we need this, we need that, but its all lies. The only thing any of us really need is air, food, and god. The rest is just extra stuff. I would agree that we need love but as i get older its gotten so hard with the people thing that im trying to learn ways to be happy without people and sometimes in spite of people. I mean most people dont give a second thought to what they truly even want or need to be happy. Its just this grey area in their head that theyre afraid to approach and look at because they think theyll never fill it with whatever it is they need, but they still wont look at it to find out lol.
So i think honestly most of us myself included are too crazy from the way were raised and our beliefs and habits and everything else to really be happy in this life. To truly find happiness we need to relearn the basics of what lifes all about and question our beliefs and what weve been taught and know. I really believe that. Wouldnt it be awesome though if everybody did that? Itd be a lot better world.
Ill use myself as an example. Im married, got two kids, a good wife, a place to live thats safe roof doesnt leak, most everything in it works. So i got everything i really need but im still not happy alot of the time because i feel like somethings missing. For me i feel like its friends, but like i said alot of days lately as im getting older im starting to realize im focusing way too much on that and im missing the things that truly make life worth living like seeing the sun shining through the pine trees early in the morning and seeing my dogs running around rolling around happy and playing, opening my cupboards up and having food in there, being taken care of, hearing a song that makes me feel something, laughter, doing something new, so many many things.So many possible good experiences in life alot of us dont seek out anymore because we get so caught up in looking for something were not finding right away. Whether thats money, love, power, status, location or i mean whatever the list goes on.
Some people hunt money their whole lives, want to be rich, they think oh ill solve all my problems when i look at most rich people they seem miserable too. So i mean really its like i said to start with. Just learning to be satisfied with what you have and not yearning for the other side of the fence where the grass is green and the sun always shines. Theres problems on that side too.
So my new years resolution this year is to be satisfied, happiness comes with that i think.
Anyway just some rambling thoughts at 3 am on a christmas morning.
Anyway the person asked about happiness, and this kinda came out and i think its worth passing along and might help somebody to reconsider how they view things hopefully. Might help somebody find a little peace.
You know theres a couple videos on netflix i been meaning to watch about happiness, ones called Happy, and the other is called Happy People a Year in the Taiga about this isolated village in russia where people live off the land. Im curious if those videos point toward some of the stuff im saying below....
I think true happiness is learning to be satisfied with what you got. Thats my theory on why theres so much unhappiness in the world now. Society now adays is driven by money, and everyday we see things on tv and movies and hear about it in songs, read about it in books about we need this, we need that, but its all lies. The only thing any of us really need is air, food, and god. The rest is just extra stuff. I would agree that we need love but as i get older its gotten so hard with the people thing that im trying to learn ways to be happy without people and sometimes in spite of people. I mean most people dont give a second thought to what they truly even want or need to be happy. Its just this grey area in their head that theyre afraid to approach and look at because they think theyll never fill it with whatever it is they need, but they still wont look at it to find out lol.
So i think honestly most of us myself included are too crazy from the way were raised and our beliefs and habits and everything else to really be happy in this life. To truly find happiness we need to relearn the basics of what lifes all about and question our beliefs and what weve been taught and know. I really believe that. Wouldnt it be awesome though if everybody did that? Itd be a lot better world.
Ill use myself as an example. Im married, got two kids, a good wife, a place to live thats safe roof doesnt leak, most everything in it works. So i got everything i really need but im still not happy alot of the time because i feel like somethings missing. For me i feel like its friends, but like i said alot of days lately as im getting older im starting to realize im focusing way too much on that and im missing the things that truly make life worth living like seeing the sun shining through the pine trees early in the morning and seeing my dogs running around rolling around happy and playing, opening my cupboards up and having food in there, being taken care of, hearing a song that makes me feel something, laughter, doing something new, so many many things.So many possible good experiences in life alot of us dont seek out anymore because we get so caught up in looking for something were not finding right away. Whether thats money, love, power, status, location or i mean whatever the list goes on.
Some people hunt money their whole lives, want to be rich, they think oh ill solve all my problems when i look at most rich people they seem miserable too. So i mean really its like i said to start with. Just learning to be satisfied with what you have and not yearning for the other side of the fence where the grass is green and the sun always shines. Theres problems on that side too.
So my new years resolution this year is to be satisfied, happiness comes with that i think.
Anyway just some rambling thoughts at 3 am on a christmas morning.
