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Originally Posted by namako
This is what I struggle with, the definitions of happiness. Are they the same, or is happiness more joyful? I don't know. I still wonder though, isn't happiness, whatever that personal definition is, the goal of common man?
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Actually, I think this is what it boils down to. Different things make different people happy. This is why finding someone who has the same goals and outlook makes us feel happy. Let's say we have that perfect mate, we're making money doing what we love. We have a house, car, dog -- whatever we think it is we need to be happy. But once we've got that, then what? After some time, there's always going to be something that will tug at us (and it's a personal theory of mine that this is what often destroys relationships). Contentment, and by that I mean a kind of status quo happiness, is merely a "comfort" and gets boring for many of us after awhile.
I think that most have to continue to set goals or we can't reach that level of happiness. In that way, happiness might be considered a constant goal, since we need to find something to aspire to. Once we reach each goal, we hit that point of happiness, but after awhile, it fades. We need a new challenge to satisfy.