What exactly is happiness? Is it subjective? Or can we put a value on it?
I don't know if I know what exactly happiness is. There are times when I feel what I assume to be happiness, but there are also times when I feel the inverse. To what seems like a much greater magnitude.
I have a reputation for selflessness. I always give up my time for other people in the pack. And then that backfires on me. I end up having moments in the pit to make up for what I did. And to think, I used to believe in karma, too.
So, if I take the reigns and decide to become a selfish bastard, will it be the good choice? Will my own personal satisfaction make up for the general misery I'd put others in?
I don't think in my case it would. I write plays merely because people ask me to. I do things that I normally wouldn't because it makes people smile. And it does backfire. One too many self-depreciating comments and people start to depreciate me themselves. And that is not healthy for the soul. Negative emotion and energy should be harnessed in a way that makes one benefit. Yes, it's hard. But surely possible.
Would it be worth being miserable to see others happy, though? Could I put my own pain beside me for the joy of others? I usually can.
Maybe I just need to surround myself with others like me. Selfless bastards. I mean, if a group is wholly devoted to the happiness of others, in theory it can't fail.
But life isn't like that. Yin and yang. We need opposites. Even if those have a lot in common. The conflict between the opposites, whether in interests, looks, personality, mindset, whatever, tends to create in most cases anger and doubt.
In some, it creates a bond that couldn't be shared by two of the same.
Yes, I've gotten off the track of happiness a bit. Are the people who I surround myself around the best choices for me to surround myself with?
Well. I'm not about to change it. So in my eyes, the answer's obvious.
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Well...theoretically, a society filled with only selfless people would be rather pointless, no?
Everyone would try and help each other, but any for ambition would be seen as selfishness by the puritan "selfless" environment. Then again, A slefless community leaves itself open to greed and corrupt actions through external forces.
I dunno, I particularly think you need selfish people too, to an extent. Not VERY selfish people, but people who can take care of themselves in dire situations sometimes, or that may do a selfish action here and there, as long as it effects no-one else.
...of course very selfish people, on the other hand, are out of the question.
..anyway, rant over.
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