Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading!

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
It's funny. Laugh.

Journal tomhudson's Journal: [Fill in the blank] Happiness is _____ 21

Journal by tomhudson

From the "When you hang around with a dog you're going to get fleas" department:

... your ex being quarantined for the next 7 days for having swine flu and giving it to 4 of her co-workers (who are also now under quarantine) ...

Too bad about the co-workers, but when you hang around with a dog^H^H^Hb*tch ...

... and no, I'm not the only one who got a chuckle out of it ...

This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.

[Fill in the blank] Happiness is _____ More

[Fill in the blank] Happiness is _____

Comments Filter:

  • Happiness is...elusive, at least to me: Why do I resist what I know experientially is both good and good for me? Evidence suggests I'm either somewhat insane or somewhat stupid. Ah, well.

    • "Why do I resist what I know experientially is both good and good for me?"

      Do NOT eat the tofu! It's a LIE!

      Seriously, keep in mind the line from Robocop - "We're only human." We're flawed. We put off what we have to do because we want to avoid conflict, or we let inertia take over, or we hope things will change by themselves ... because we're only human. And that's a good thing.

      Happiness is being human - because the alternatives suck even more :-) Unless, of course, you're one of my dogs, in which c

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by RM6f9 ( 825298 )

        Thank you - I needed that.

        • We all do, from time to time.

          Maybe happiness is having someone that can give you what you need. ;-)

          • Re: (Score:2)

            by RM6f9 ( 825298 )

            You "someones" are not all of happiness, but I am grateful that you care and contribute to mine.

            • I have a theory that I've explained to people:

              1. You'll never be happy if you're waiting for "the right person" to come along and MAKE you happy;
              2. Once you learn to be happy by yourself, you'll be "the right person", not only for yourself, but for others;
              3. Then, since you're so happy, you now fall prey to someone who is waiting for "the right person" to make THEM happy, and you become miserable trying to meet that expectation.

              In other words, you're always in one of three states:

              1. miserable because someone e

              • Re: (Score:2)

                by RM6f9 ( 825298 )

                Methinks the ideal is to achieve state #2, then teach others (by example, of course) how to do the same.

                • "Methinks the ideal is to achieve state #2, then teach others (by example, of course) how to do the same."

                  Methinks you might want to re-read what state #2 is:

                  In other words, you're always in one of three states:

                  1. miserable because someone else isn't making you happy; 2. miserable because you aren't making someone else happy; 3. happy because you're not in either of the above states.

                  BTW - states 1 and 2 are usually rectified by a divorce ... release from a marriage where one or both people th

                  • Re: (Score:2)

                    by RM6f9 ( 825298 )

                    Whoops! Yeah. When it comes to marital bliss, I've been blessed with enough time and patient love from my bride to grow from where we started into what marriage should be according to most of the shoulds I've seen. The concept of non-attachment is perhaps most difficult when we attempt to apply it to people...

  • ..is others. Happy plants, happy animals, happy people. Hell, just a room with machines happily crunching &&/|| dozing, it's all ease of mind and worryless :)

    • ..is others.

      Very true - happiness is something that, when you divy it up among more people, the sum is greater than the parts :-)

  • is being content with what you have.

    Everyone I know who is driven to succeed or outperform or "get more" than other people is miserable. Divorces, family crises, bankruptcies, all by the chase for the almighty dollar.

    Look around. All but the poorest among us live better than kings of 200 years ago, with heat, food, medical care, and machinery that's more obedient and reliable than any servant ever. Do you need that 3000 square foot house? Will the 4000 square foot house make you 25% happier? If th

    • I like to think that you can do both (at least if things are "balanced") - be happy with where you're at, but still want to improve your lot in life.

      I'm pretty happy right now, but there are always a few things I'd like to do, and a few improvements I'd like to make, and some things on my "must do in the next year or two" list ... same as most people, I suppose.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by plover ( 150551 ) *

        Sure you can do both. There's a definite line between "wanting to improve yourself", and "wanting more because there's more to want". The unhappy people seem to be thinking they must be failures because somebody else has something that they want, but can't have. It might be more money, or a bigger house, or something less tangible such as a faithful spouse, or a trustworthy friend.

        Sure, I think I'd like a 4,000 square foot house on a one acre lot, but there are a lot of strikes against it: higher mor

Slashdot Top Deals

"In the face of entropy and nothingness, you kind of have to pretend it's not there if you want to keep writing good code." -- Karl Lehenbauer

Close