Yesterday I wrote about Eudemonology - the study of happiness...
We all want to be happy... but it’s a balancing act, especially if what makes ME happy is playing tug-of-war with what makes someone else happy...
I think of my university years - especially the years I lived in Jerusalem. What I wanted to do played tug-of-war with what my parents (especially my mother) wanted me to do. But I knew, instinctively, intuitively, that I really NEEDED TO BREAK FREE!
I don’t think that was selfishness. I think it was cutting the apron strings... growing up - a normal phase of life.
Another kind of happiness-seeking can be summed up in something I read recently:
“I’m not happy BEFORE I eat the cookie... I’m not happy AFTER I eat the cookie. But I’m very happy WHILE I’m eating the cookie...”
Every dieter knows what I’m talking about!
So the question remains: should I eat the cookie? (Whatever that cookie happens to be...)
Sometimes wisdom and discernment are required... as well as self-control!
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