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Originally Posted by Orange  It seems to me that everything evens out and there is a natral balance to everything.. So i really dont get where long term happiness comes from. Every great thing has its down side and every bad thing has its upside. |
Hi Orange,
I guess it depends on whether you define happiness as a feeling. If so, then it is relative. You can't understand light without knowing darkness, and heat has no meaning if its opposite cold did not exist. In that sense, if you have never been sad, you would not know when you are happy.
Long term happiness is a decision to think a certain way. To see the good in everything and be grateful. It's more an inner calmness than a feeling. It's the ability to detach from the outcome and enjoy the process. And because this is a state of mind, which does not change the way feelings do, then yes you can be happy 100% of the time, or close to it.
I've been happy for many years now regardless of external circumstances, if that makes sense.