I have almost everything I want, so why am I not happy?

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Rob71

Always one in every crowd.

Unfortunately, it's usually more than one.

[tron3]

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

I feel SO sorry for you...

~Alan

Group therapy hug everyone.


Hey, you guys. No fighting!

[blu-dave]

Originally Posted by Marquoz

If you rely on somebody else to make you happy (everybody saying get a girlfriend), then what happens when you break up, you go back to being unhappy. It's better to be happy with yourself, and when you find somebody they can enhance that existing happiness.

Some one has been single far too long!

[bhampton]

I've seen a bumper sticker that says...

The Best Things In Life Aren't Things.

Which could make some sense even though when you look right at it it's a troubled statement. First they are saying things then not things. How can the best "things" not be things?

Anyway,.. you may need more then a computer and a TV to find happiness.

-Brian

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Aaron

Get an iPhone and you'll be happy. Or a girlfriend.

iPhones aren't really important to me.... If you give me an iPhone, you'd find it in the original packaging 2 years later


Go on some Vacations man!!! Call in sick one day for work, for absolutely no reason.... (except the building workload makes me anxious!!!)

That's a sure fire way to enjoy yourself!

[DiverSpear]

Everything isn't always what it is cracked up to be. I have everything I want; Home theater, computers, GPS's, 2 trucks (both paid for), boat, tons of dive gear, 2 beautiful grandchildren, etc... So why am I miserable, because one of my sons is always asking for money and momma gives in. I have 3 kids, 2 are very successful, and 1 that I'm ready to choke. Anybody want a 26 yr old son, he is free for the taking?

[Roland1919]

Originally Posted by tron3

Actually, I can answer my own question. I figure this might make others think.

While there are "aspects of life" I would like, material wise, I'm doing ok.

I wanted a new computer a few years ago and got it. Still a great machine.
I wanted an HD video camera and got it a few years ago.
I wanted DVD's and have plenty I want to now get rid of.
I wanted blu-ray and got it last year. I wanted blu-ray movies and get them as they are released.
I wanted an HDTV for my room, so now I have TWO. One is the TV the other is primarily my pc monitor. So yeah, the desire of having two monitors is filled, but when do I actually use it?

I have had a Garmin GPS for 8 years but now I want a NEW one.

There is simply no pleasing the flesh.

Buy a MEXICAN Red-Knee Tarantula, they are excellent pets and very social creatures. If you get one dont let them jump and if you do, let them jump to the carpet otherwise their abdomen, which is fragile, will break.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Bonifax

What he said

It's a shame how the society in which we are living tries to tell us what happiness is by showing us "happiness models": big house, sports car, beautiful wife, latest tech, perfect abs, and so on...

Are you saying that you don't want or have any of those things?

Logan

[Moefiz]

I usually tell my wife..."Babe, I going to buy a new cell phone or I want a new TV or I am thinking about buying a new computer" and her response is alway"Babe, you have everything you don't need it"...end conversation.

[bluraypride1975]

Lets see now i would very happy what u have!!! But material things don't make u 100% happy you need others aspects in life to make you completely happy!!!

[U4K61]

Originally Posted by tron3

Actually, I can answer my own question. I figure this might make others think.
There is simply no pleasing the flesh.

Originally Posted by tron3

Group therapy hug everyone.

My way out of that dilemma: Live each day to its fullest and try to learn/do something new. We need a challange, a creative tension to provide the impetus that keeps us going, as well as finding a balance between the positive and negative. Life with no carrot to run after means sitting in the same place in space/time with entraphy knocking at the door. We slowly wither away till the simplest thing becomes too much to bear.

Ancient Chinese thought is about balance and the unity of polar opposites such as black and white or positive and negative space. This should appeal to HDTV lovers - a good contrast ratio.

Another suggestion is to read a lot of books, like about one a month. We can only perceive world we live in by what we know.

The Easterlin Paradox
A concept in happiness economics - factors contributing to happiness. 'Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot?' People with higher incomes are more likely to be happy then their poor counterparts. But once beyond a certian point, the average happiness does not increase. "Happiness becomes geometrically linked to income. So to go from one to two units of happiness might take 10 dollars...to go from two to three units of happiness would take 100 dollars...Think about your television - chances are that five years ago you'd have been more then happy with it, but today, not so much. Nothing has changed about your TV, but confrounted by hours of brazen and subliminal advertisement for flatter, bigger, brighter ones, all of a sudden, it seems clunky" - Raj Patel, The Value of Nothing, pp36,37

The Core Human Drives - Paul Lawrence & Nitin Hohria.
1. The drive to acquire
2. The drive to bond
3. The drive to learn
4. The drive to defend


Pleasing the Flesh

• Money
• 1st Time Managers
• Kids and TV
• Best/Worst Xmas Gift
• The Diet Post
• Vaccines

Back to Philosophy

[redsoxlucas]

I believe that everyone is searching for something (happiness, fulfillment, etc)....I truly don't believe people will be happy until they have a relationship with Jesus Christ.

As for the head comment...lame.

I also believe that when you are doing God's will (as commanded by the Bible), He will bless your finances, personal relationships, and every part of your living. It works for me.

[X400]

science says even if you win the lotto you'll be back in the same state of mind within a few months

[Aaron]

Try LSD. Perhaps that will make you happy. Or psychedelic mushrooms....lmao

[quirkmanly]

Originally Posted by X400

science says even if you win the lotto you'll be back in the same state of mind within a few months

Is that based upon the win merely amplifying your behavioral tendencies? If so, I can completely believe that. Then it all comes down to what type of person you are.

[gandley]

Originally Posted by redsoxlucas

I believe that everyone is searching for something (happiness, fulfillment, etc)....I truly don't believe people will be happy until they have a relationship with Jesus Christ.

As for the head comment...lame.

I also believe that when you are doing God's will (as commanded by the Bible), He will bless your finances, personal relationships, and every part of your living. It works for me.

are u called job?

[Sling]

Originally Posted by tron3

Actually, I can answer my own question. I figure this might make others think.

While there are "aspects of life" I would like, material wise, I'm doing ok.

I wanted a new computer a few years ago and got it. Still a great machine.
I wanted an HD video camera and got it a few years ago.
I wanted DVD's and have plenty I want to now get rid of.
I wanted blu-ray and got it last year. I wanted blu-ray movies and get them as they are released.
I wanted an HDTV for my room, so now I have TWO. One is the TV the other is primarily my pc monitor. So yeah, the desire of having two monitors is filled, but when do I actually use it?

I have had a Garmin GPS for 8 years but now I want a NEW one.

There is simply no pleasing the flesh.

Music maybe ?
Buy a ipod

[gandley]

Originally Posted by Sling

Music maybe ?
Buy a ipod

yea a bit of goth rock or death metal sould cheer the dude right up.

[mrgreed202]

hmm, but really pushing Jesus on people is stupid. when you do that nobody will listen. all i could say is that everytime i put trust in him, ive been secure and blessed... i havent payed for gas for my car for a year simply because of that. and no i didnt steal it. people have blessed me.

[Sling]

Originally Posted by gandley

yea a bit of goth rock or death metal sould cheer the dude right up.

Or that great song "We are the world"