It seems to me the author is looking at happiness as it's a destination you arrive to and then just live there.
Perhaps we should look at our emotions and mental states as food. I remember a GF in high school telling me I shouldn't be happy all the time. That I was missing out on the broader scope of emotions because I was always "happy".
I think that is probably an outward appearance rather than reality. I'm not always happy, and I don't think I'm at my best when I've achieved happiness.
If everyone was always happy, is that the world we want to live in? I'm not suggesting that some people should be happy while others live in sorrow, but there is a reason all of these things exist.
I find meditating on being grateful can often bring great sorrow, which is can be cathartic. It's not happiness, so should I be trying to remove that feeling and replace it with happiness?
Everything in moderation, I suppose that applies to emotions as well.
Perhaps we should look at our emotions and mental states as food. I remember a GF in high school telling me I shouldn't be happy all the time. That I was missing out on the broader scope of emotions because I was always "happy".
I think that is probably an outward appearance rather than reality. I'm not always happy, and I don't think I'm at my best when I've achieved happiness.
If everyone was always happy, is that the world we want to live in? I'm not suggesting that some people should be happy while others live in sorrow, but there is a reason all of these things exist.
I find meditating on being grateful can often bring great sorrow, which is can be cathartic. It's not happiness, so should I be trying to remove that feeling and replace it with happiness?
Everything in moderation, I suppose that applies to emotions as well.