Happiness
Crucial component of happiness is To want what you already have.
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. — Lao-Tzu
The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove. - Samuel Johnson
“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.” - Marcus-Aurelius
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. - Epictetus
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus-Aurelius
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus-Aurelius
If happiness can often be calculated by
happiness = reality - expectations.
Having Low Expectations that are paired with Massive Action greatly ups the probability of feeling happy.
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"Do not wish for events to happen as you wish. But wish for them to happen as they do happen and you will have [you will have a well flowing life]/[peace, tranquility]"
Happiness is well flowing life.
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