I don't remember when I truly was happy

[Elton]

Is it so simple that your not happy because your don't want to be happy? 

I acknowledge this issue and look at it the way it is... 

Why am I not happy ? 

Oh ya I just remembered the time I started PD.

Seeking for things on the outside but why I'm not happy is because of something that inside.

How do I find this shit ? 

Focusing on the present moment and realising that every thing else is noise ? 

Or accepting that it's ok to not be happy 99 percent of the time ?

Let's try focusing on present and I'll come back tomorrow.

[Hojo]

Whats PD?

[ted73104]

PD is personal development? Depends on what your definition of being happy is, the emotion of feeling happy?

[Mayonnaise]

yeah i'd say happiness is primarily a choice. but a lot of it can stem from not having your ego's need fulfilled. like freedom/money/sex/goals. It's not that those things make you directly happy, but lacking them can cause unhappiness and frustration for your survival/life needs. I also think you need something to work on or towards or to cultivate certain experiences that bring you a sense of fulfilment. Whether thats a lifestyle change, traveling/experiencing new things, working on a goal/skill, could be anything really. But most of all humans are trying to work on money/sex/freedom/social/lifestyle. If you don't have any of those handled, your ego can keep bringing it up and be thinking too much about them. But once they are handled you realize they don't actually bring happiness themselves, they just make your lifestyle/survival better. Thats why happiness is still a choice, kind of like a letting go. but its very difficult to let go if survival isn't handled and you don't have anything to work towards or experience. Being a human requires an ego, and egos need satiation at some point. At least for the vast majority of people...

Edited 2 hours ago by Mayonnaise