Sometimes I think we created mental health problems when we sold people the lie that you can be happy all the time..
First in magazines, then tv and now social media we have lied about how never ending happiness is achievable. And it just isn’t. Surely anyone who is happy all the time is either deluded or mentally ill.
We are happy when we achieve something, or when we do something we enjoy, or when we love someone. And the real world isn’t always doing these things 100% of the time.
Think of wild animals. Their existence is finding enough food to not starve, without becoming someone else’s food. Their happiness is surviving one more day in good health with a full stomach. We have access to luxuries no generations before us had, but it will never be enough if you tell yourself you must be happy 100% of the time.
We are happy when we achieve something, or when we do something we enjoy, or when we love someone. And the real world isn’t always doing these things 100% of the time.
Think of wild animals. Their existence is finding enough food to not starve, without becoming someone else’s food. Their happiness is surviving one more day in good health with a full stomach. We have access to luxuries no generations before us had, but it will never be enough if you tell yourself you must be happy 100% of the time.
