ArnoldRimmer on 07 April 2013
| Ultr said: Well I think a lot about my future but I don't think that's a bad thing. I believe that happyness comes from reaching a goal you set yourself The feeling I get when I reach something is uncomparable. |
That's probably true, but I think this bears the danger of expecting happyness to come from a few short-lived moments in time. As long as you haven't reached the goal, you won't be satisfied because you expect the satisfaction to come from a future event. And as soon as you've reached the goal, that source of joy is nothing but a memory of the past, and the memory will rather make you sad because you'll wish to repeat the feeling.
I think that's why it's the eastern wisdom of "the path is the reward" bears a lot of truth. It's nice to reach goals, but to maximize joy/happiness it's much more important to enjoy the path that you take, because that's where you'll spend 99% of the time.
