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Inevitably, there is much about ourselves we don’t like and want to change. There are also broad areas of our mental and emotional life we don’t want to examine at all and whose existence we would prefer to deny entirely. These are the areas where we feel most vulnerable, most fragile—perhaps most damaged—or those things we are most ashamed of. But
... See moreBarry Magid • Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide
We scan the world for problems because that led to our survival. And our current design of the world only reinforces and grows these negative-lens feelings.
Neil Pasricha • The Happiness Equation
Happiness comes from solving problems. The keyword here is “solving.” If you’re avoiding your problems or feel like you don’t have any problems, then you’re going to make yourself miserable. If you feel like you have problems that you can’t solve, you will likewise make yourself miserable. The secret sauce is in the solving of the problems, not in
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