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8 Responses to “The Secret to being happy?”

1.    Vijay, on March 20th, 2008 at 3:17 pm Said:

   Happiness? Satisfaction? Impossible. No such thing’!

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2.    ryanwassenaar, on March 22nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm Said:

   I think the key part of the quote is that people’s lives are diminished if they restrain themselves out of fear. So choosing self-disipline not out of the motivation of a possible negative consequence, but out of the possibility or guarentee of joy (or whatever it is that people seek in life) is not a form of restraint; it is choice. Kind of like how absolute freedom actually binds by self reflection, by discerning less possibilities through ‘good’ choices, people generically tend to be happier. So, yes and no. Like any concept that theoretically sounds…well, sound…there is a lacking of ‘freely chosen discipline’ and/or an excess of ‘freely chosen discipline’.
   Have a great spring break. Unless you don’t want to.

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3.    daisyjacinto, on March 25th, 2008 at 8:47 pm Said:

   The Science Argumentation (A.K.A. Homework over spring break) is on mreldridge.net under the tab “Rhetoric”. Just in case anyone was looking for it.

   http://mreldridge.net/Rhetoric.aspx

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4.    A. Trinh, on March 27th, 2008 at 9:47 pm Said:

   “Can we as humans be happy?”

   Yes.

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5.    Alina Wilson, on March 28th, 2008 at 9:43 pm Said:

   I agree with Anthony’s point-blank response. Yes, we as humans can be happy. Happiness and satisfaction do exist. I think that the culture of American society makes it a little difficult for US to experience it though. Mrs. Levine calls it the “microwave generation”. We want what we want, we want it now, and we want it without any effort put forth by us. Example:commercials. God forbid we have to work hard to obtain the perfect abs, when we should be able to get them in two weeks or our money back. Our society is constantly chasing perfection. Note: “happy” does not equal “perfect”.

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6.    Don Della Bron (Brandon), on March 31st, 2008 at 7:59 am Said:

   Being happy doesn’t depend on the situation or ourselves, but instead upon our perspective of the situation and of ourselves.

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7.    Mr. Eldridge, on March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pm Said:

   Why should we be happy? Isn’t it more interesting to be melancholy? Don’t some of our most creative, thoughtful moments come from a deep and patient unhappiness? Is not some of the most true, most American music the Blues?

   I say we should praise sorrow. Live out our melancholy. Read AGAINST HAPPINESS: IN PRAISE OF MELANCHOLY (just published on FSG).

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8.    Patricia, on April 1st, 2008 at 9:45 pm Said:

   ok so i think that happy is a personal thing and what i have been learning is that it is more dependent on who you are and how you accpet yourself, and sometimes in doing such you become happier or you find out how to be happy. ie, if your self detramental to be happy there is a lot of work you must do to fix yourself. to be happy with anything in life personal accpetance is necessary. or at least that is what i have been told.

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