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the dissertation I just wrote in sukria's LJ--
For me, caring about things makes the world go round. I find happiness in intense care and passion for people, ideas, nature, etc.
Call me naive and idealistic, but I don't push away the problems--HECK i'm working for an organization that educates people about hunger and poverty-- I take the problems for what they are and infuse HOPE (the most important thing ever).
What you have to do to be happy is CARE about things, but never expect anything in return. I am always happy when I am giving of myself, and I love to receive things but I try not to expect things to be given to me. When you stop desiring things to come your way is when they appear. In my life, that has been the ultimate truth. If you're looking for acknowledgement and praise, it won't come until you stop making that your focus. It even works that way with love.
I think to be happy is to love so deeply that you don't mind sacrificing. And love everything-- every day I wake up I look around me and count the beautiful little things. I look at the rainbows from my suncatcher, I smile at my housemates, I enjoy the taste of milk. All the happiness is there-- you just have to look around and have hope. And try to change something that's wrong. Seeing without doing is suicide. Inaction breeds unhappiness.
For me, caring about things makes the world go round. I find happiness in intense care and passion for people, ideas, nature, etc.
Call me naive and idealistic, but I don't push away the problems--HECK i'm working for an organization that educates people about hunger and poverty-- I take the problems for what they are and infuse HOPE (the most important thing ever).
What you have to do to be happy is CARE about things, but never expect anything in return. I am always happy when I am giving of myself, and I love to receive things but I try not to expect things to be given to me. When you stop desiring things to come your way is when they appear. In my life, that has been the ultimate truth. If you're looking for acknowledgement and praise, it won't come until you stop making that your focus. It even works that way with love.
I think to be happy is to love so deeply that you don't mind sacrificing. And love everything-- every day I wake up I look around me and count the beautiful little things. I look at the rainbows from my suncatcher, I smile at my housemates, I enjoy the taste of milk. All the happiness is there-- you just have to look around and have hope. And try to change something that's wrong. Seeing without doing is suicide. Inaction breeds unhappiness.