15 April 2008
Contentment
this is something that comes up in me every now and then.
and it's not just me. i believe it's a lot of people. it's human nature.
so many things in life are a matter of reality vs expectations.
expectation management. what you expect vs what you get.
it also just struck me that the more we have, the more we're blessed with, the more discontent we are. because we keep thinking we deserve better.
do we?
perhaps we do. perhaps we don't.
what really interests me is - will we be happier if we acknowledge that we don't. or does it not make a difference at all?
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I believe there is a book called "The Secret" that touches a little on this.
Posted by: E | 16 April 2008
"The Secret" of what? Life? Happiness? Contentment?
If it can be published, it's not a secret, right?
Posted by: neuros | 16 April 2008
From what you wrote, the logical solution to the problem is quite straightforward - Expect nothing, then you will never be disappointed???
Posted by: Shan | 19 April 2008
theoretically speaking, that's perhaps right.
but we're human, right? and being human, to have no expectations is not possible. we all have expectations, just in one form or another. no?
without expectations, what's life?
without expectations, what do we live for?
Posted by: neuros | 19 April 2008
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