J'enfant

26.5.09

Pursuit of happyness

and so, how does one define...happiness?
a state within where theres a lack of unhappiness one might say, where
there is not any negative feelings, ill will or otherwise towards anyone
or anything.

by that definition i believe many people are capable of achieving
happiness throughout the day, either by not having such feelings at all,
or by suppressing them through conscious control..or even being too
occupied to even have the time to entertain such notions within oneself.

yet again though people are unable to escape these feelings, sometimes as
they are overwhelmed and really quite cant be helped. but then i think,
its all in the mind and many will benefit from conscientiously minding
themself. i think im arguing both sides of the fence again lol

in any case, we are all capable of doing what we want. i believe it was
socrates, or maybe plato.. who thought that the knowledge exists before
humans. and that we only have to remember what it is, and to do so we must
constantly question ourselves. if anybody recognises, ive had my msn nick
as "γνῶθι σεαυτόν" for quite a while already. its greek for "Know
Thyself", an ancient greek aphorism attributed to heraclitus, socrates and
4 other philosophers(havent read about em, yet :P)

i find that the meaning is substantially deep, and yet not too hard for a
common person to understand and practise in their everyday life.
ultimately, everybody can be better..if they truly want to. but often we
need people to tell us where we've gone wrong, before we can see where we
need to go.

so i do truly appreciate if people tell me if theres certain facets of my
personality they cannot tolerate. tho usually i wont change if i find that
its not too critical and its a matter of their self preference, unless
that person truly has a deep impression and is very important to me.

in the end, i really dont care if people dont wanna be friends with me if
they cant accept my personality. but meh, i realise i rambled so far until
i dunno where im heading to anymore!


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posted by the child on 6:01 PM
4 thought out loud