80. BOO!!!
I can offer a few suggestions, however, that may help one to quietly cope, as well as offer a few reminders of what life is for in terms of grand purpose.
First, I find it necessary to define "happiness." When someone says that all they wish for is to be happy, it would seem that she/he has never experienced happiness at all. In reality, "happiness" is a moment of pure joy, which may be prolonged over a period of time, but the intensity of it is instant and immediately begins to ebb or dissipate over time, though of course the afterglow of that happy moment will always have a lasting impact. A constant state of euphoria can only be drug induced, when in fact it is beyond human capacity to maintain a high level of any specific emotion. Measured biological readings would attest to this fact. This is the bad news.
The good news is that one can experience a limitless number of happy moments. Given this premise, it makes logical sense then that one can strive to experience as many "happy moments" as possible without any ill effect. So, rather than think of happiness as a state of being, think of creating moments of happiness that can be freeze framed as if collecting photographs for a photo album. How many happy moments can one possibly create in one day, think about it.
What creates a happy moment for one person will vary for another, but overall, they are easily shared and just as infectious as any sadness. One might even have to practice the creation of happy moments in order to get to a point where it becomes natural, rather than contrived. The upside to all of this, of course, is being or living in each moment.
As for "grand purpose," I submit that each has the responsibility of living the life that has been given to every human soul by being and doing everything in one's power to learn, share, and participate in making, preserving and bettering the world as we know it.
The second fact is that change is constant, as is the ocean tides that have washed ashore since the beginning of time. All one has to do is to take a stroll along the beach or desert sands and know that for centuries human beings around the planet have stared up at the same sun, moon and stars since we
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