Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies...

Dec 12, 2007 at 7:56 PM
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Taken from the Editor's Letter in this month's issue of Elle.

"I remember being on a bus in St.Petersburg, and the driver, who spoke English and was telling me about the locals, answered one of my questions thusly: 'Am I happy? Happy? Only Americans ask such questions. Russians don't expect to be happy.' "

I wonder if the reason so many of us are (needlessly) miserable is because we keep asking ourselves this question. It takes either a really wise man or a fool to say happiness is over-rated. I have yet to decide which but I have my suspicions.

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Maybe it just depends on what a person considers to be 'happy'?

serendipity replied to Changa’s comment:
Dec 20, 2007
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Well, that's part of the problem. Most people look for these defining moments...or peaks...because that's what they think happiness is and those are difficult to come by everyday. It's the whole 'journey not the destination' thing. And (I cld be wrong) but happiness is strongly related to content and to me, it often seems like content is even harder to achieve than happiness. People never have enough...

Also, sorry about the late reply. I broke my leg the same night of my last post.

serendipity replied to Changa’s comment:
Dec 20, 2007
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What I mean is, someone can be happy coz something great happened that day but the feeling fades. Especially if they are not content with their lives in general. But people who have counted their blessings and are content with their lot just seem to stay happy, if that makes sense. If not, can I blame it on the pain meds?

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