Comments on: The Pursuit of Happiness (How far will you go for it?)

By: priya

priya — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:14:02 +0000

happiness is being ur true self not due to some social pressure but being the person u want to be as our creator wanted us to be . spreading love and peace whereever u go .when ur positive vibrations reach oters thier innerself sends good feeling and positive vibes to you too thus making u happy so if u want to be happy make them happy who r in dire need of happiness n love n care n compassion

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:35:31 +0000

I think one of the keys to true happiness is the ability to delay gratification. I really responded to your post because I’ve been thinking about this very thing recently. A few weeks ago, I broke up with my boyfriend. Deep down, I knew there were things that just weren’t right and I didn’t want to settle. But now I’m single again (and I truly don’t like being single– I’m a relationship girl) and I find myself thinking about how great the moments were when we were first falling in love, before many of these issues surfaced. And in those early moments, I was truly happy. And now, not so happy. Yet, I know I did the right thing by not settling. For some reason, that makes me feel “right” but not necessarily “happy.” So I guess for happiness and ‘not settling’ to co-exist, it must have something to do with delayed gratification. Or maybe just the acceptance that while happiness is fleeting– a temporary feeling that can come and go in any given moment– knowing you made a decision that was right but didn’t make you feel happy, is always the correct path because that happiness you felt would have slipped away anyway and what would you be left with then?

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By: Adam Gilbert

Adam Gilbert — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:20:34 +0000

Thanks, Lori. I appreciate it!

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:07:49 +0000

This is an amazing post Adam, you certainly have your way with words!