Me personally, I am approaching middle -age, and have yet to find those things that bring true contentment. I have multiple college degrees, make good money, have a high position in the company, nice things, beautiful spouse...
But I am always depressed, and feel like life is slowly creeping toward failure. Scary, because the time (and youth) is running out...
As time goes on, I find myself having less and less positive energy to expend on the pursuits of happiness, and more and more energy is spent on simply staying afloat on a day to day basis.
So my question is this... Are you truely happy? What in life leads you to your contentment? Is happiness simply a value-based ideal?
I am inclined to believe that many things might bring happiness, but daily stress and pressures, both short and longer term, override the benefits that we recieve from our efforts in life, leading many of us to 'wear out'...
Ok, thats more that one question. Apologies.
Thoughts?
2007-12-13
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