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1/ The definition of Happiness according to @naval. 
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Happiness is a bad word. It's an overloaded word. It's like friendship or love. It could mean anything to anyone!
(A Thread
)Happiness is a bad word. It's an overloaded word. It's like friendship or love. It could mean anything to anyone!
2/ Happiness is an internal trait that comes out of being peaceful or accepting about whatever is going on around you.
3/ It is the sense that nothing is missing in this moment.
4/ If you have this sense that "something is missing in this moment" aka "A desire" that will pull you out of this moment and will make you unhappy.
5/ Our natural state is to be happy.
6/ If a child is unhappy, you say, "What's wrong?".
If an adult is really happy, you say, "Why are you happy ?"
It's a little weird.
If an adult is really happy, you say, "Why are you happy ?"
It's a little weird.
7/ I think we are born with happiness.
We are intrinsically happy creatures.
We become unhappy because our egos create desires.
The desire pulls us out of the moment.
We are intrinsically happy creatures.
We become unhappy because our egos create desires.
The desire pulls us out of the moment.
8/ We say "Something is missing right now" and we chase that and we wonder why we are unhappy.
9/ And then, we try to drown that sense of loss out through pleasure.
And, pleasure comes through drugs, drinking, partying, sex, whatever. Could even be extreme sports.
And, pleasure comes through drugs, drinking, partying, sex, whatever. Could even be extreme sports.
10/ All just trying to forget ourselves.
And I think, there are ways past that.
And I think, there are ways past that.
