- Some argue it is the opposite of anger. Happiness is a positive state of Mind enforced by pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” (Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden)
- Nobody wants to believe happiness is a choice, because that puts responsibility in their hands. Most people don’t even want to be happy, which is why they aren’t — they just don’t realise that is the case.
- We are programmed to seek what we’ve known. So even though we think we’re after happiness, we’re actually trying to find whatever we’re most accustomed to, and we project that onto whatever actually exists, over and over again.