Щастье ™ 2
Вот ещё эссе «Are You Really Happy?». Хорошо расписано. Главная мысль что настоящее счастье может быть только внутри. Счастье это умение наслаждаться сегодняшним днём, а не строить хрупкие планы построения чего-то очень сложного.
Lets face it, if you are still hoping for happiness, it means you dont have it. Sure, sure, maybe things are OK and not too bad. Maybe you need to appreciate what you have more than you do. We all need to do that. Yet, maybe you are still hoping for improvements, substantial changes.
Being in stress is not happiness. And it can lead to more serious diseases, such as headaches, high blood pressure, back pain, emotional problems, heart attacks, which can continue to lead to other social difficulties, all of which decrease ones duration of life. It is for this reason that the most prosperous countries seem to have the least happiness.
Happiness that depends on the increase of temporary comforts, possessions or position is an illusion. People get married for happiness. They pursue a career for happiness. Or they buy a big house for happiness. Then they get divorced for happiness. Or they quit their job for happiness. Or they move into another place for happiness. Happiness remains very elusive through such endeavors if you have not already found it within you. You need to be happy right here and now, in your present situation in your Self. Otherwise you may never be fulfilled.
For example, there is an old Buddhist saying: If you have a problem you cannot solve, why worry about it? If you have a problem you can solve, then why worry about it? So if our happiness depends on things we cannot control, we will always experience worry and despair. Thus, happiness comes from ceasing to worry about that which is beyond our influence, or even that within our control.