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The Cloud · 06-09-2008, 01:53 AM

I'm writing this down because it is a misconception that I've had for a long time, and I hope that through my experience others can learn to recognize if they are making the same error.

Why not be happy now? I am alive, I have a choice, so why not be happy? For a long time I was looking for a way to be happy, searching for a method or action that I could perform that would inspire happiness. I would think to myself, "If I were happy and free and at peace, what would I be doing right now?" But that was all backwards

Instead of asking myself what I would be doing if I were happy, I should have been asking myself why I can't be happy with what I'm doing. It's a rhetorical question, because there is nothing stopping me from being at peace with what I am doing at the moment but my own thoughts. So why not be happy now, and worry about being happy later when it gets here?

coLLege kid07 · 06-09-2008, 02:01 AM

Good for you. True happiness exists in not resisting what is.

Parthon · 06-09-2008, 02:23 AM

Perfectly said.

"Why not be happy now?"

MrNotebook · 06-09-2008, 04:07 AM

Now now now now nowonwonwnow!!! great thread

Jarrod · 06-09-2008, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Cloud

there is nothing stopping me from being at peace with what I am doing at the moment but my own thoughts

Well done, a great place to start

06-09-2008, 01:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
The Cloud Family Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,203	Happy is not as happy does I'm writing this down because it is a misconception that I've had for a long time, and I hope that through my experience others can learn to recognize if they are making the same error. Why not be happy now? I am alive, I have a choice, so why not be happy? For a long time I was looking for a way to be happy, searching for a method or action that I could perform that would inspire happiness. I would think to myself, "If I were happy and free and at peace, what would I be doing right now?" But that was all backwards Instead of asking myself what I would be doing if I were happy, I should have been asking myself why I can't be happy with what I'm doing. It's a rhetorical question, because there is nothing stopping me from being at peace with what I am doing at the moment but my own thoughts. So why not be happy now, and worry about being happy later when it gets here?

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06-09-2008, 02:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
coLLege kid07 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 520	Good for you. True happiness exists in not resisting what is.

06-09-2008, 02:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Parthon Family Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 1,532	Perfectly said. "Why not be happy now?"

06-09-2008, 04:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
MrNotebook Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 140	Now now now now nowonwonwnow!!! great thread

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