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Happiness is a choice.

You ever wonder why so many people disagree with this? It’s because it’s not one. At least not at first. You have to lie to yourself for a very long time before those lies start to become truths, but in doing so, you’ll discover the power of choice.

A true choice is not taken on a whim. It’s a commitment. Anything else is false. If you’ve committed to your sadness, don’t expect your whim for happiness to work.

I don’t approach a body builder who’s made that true choice for his lifestyle and expect to lift as much as him just because I chose to at that moment. So why would I look at his accomplishment and tell him it’s not a choice? One he so clearly made.

If you’re depressed, you’re the bodybuilder of sadness. So I wouldn’t expect you to have any clue on how to be happy. Guess what? It’s just as hard as being miserable because just like anything you give yourself to, it’s a commitment. It’s not easy.
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WhateverWorks · 36-40
I agree to an extent and that we have the ability to choose actions, which will promote happiness or at least more opportunities for happiness. Not a big fan of that whole gaslighting yourself into warping your perception of reality to the point that piss is rain though. It ends up creating this labyrinth of unhealthy coping mechanisms that take people further away from happiness.
Reject · 26-30, M
@WhateverWorks Nothing wrong with seeing the good in something as long as you also acknowledge the bad.