Happiness is Not a Goal.............
It's a By-product of a Life well Lived.............
Happiness, After All, is Generally Measured.............
As Reported Satisfaction with One's Life.............
A State of Mind Perhaps More Accessible.............
To Those Who are Affluent,.............
Who Conform to Social Norms,............
Who Suppress Judgment in the Service of Faith,............
& Who are Not Overly Bothered by Societal Injustice.............
The Real Conservatism of Positive Psychology Lies in its Attachment.............
To the Status Quo, with All its Inequalities and Abuses of Power.............
Positive Psychologists' Tests of Happiness and Well-being,............
For Example, Rest Heavily on Measures............
Of Personal Contentment with Things As they Are.............
Achievement of your Happiness is the Only Moral Purpose of your Life,.............
& That Happiness, Not Pain or Mindless Self-indulgence,.............
Is the Proof of your Moral Integrity,.............
Since it is the Proof and the Result of your Loyalty............
To the Achievement of your Values.............
Happiness is Dependent on Self-discipline.............
We are the Biggest Obstacles to Our Own Happiness.............
It is Much Easier to Do Battle with Society.............
& with Others than to Fight Our Own Nature.............
The Happiness of a Man in this Life,.............
Does Not Consist in the Absence But in the Mastery of his Passion.............
Happiness is Not a Matter of Intensity.............
But of Balance, Order, Rhythm and Harmony.............
True Happiness is.............
To Enjoy the Present,.............
Without Anxious Dependence Upon the Future.............
Happiness is When What you Think,.............
What you Say, and What you Do Are in Harmony.............
Happiness Can Only be Achieved by Looking Inward.............
& Learning to Enjoy Whatever Life Has.............
& This Requires Transforming Greed into Gratitude.............
By: Jay Carreon
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