Is there a difference between happiness and settling for mediocrity?

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Is there a difference between happiness and settling for mediocrity?

2007-03-11 05:29:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology

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The trick is to keep happiness from falling into mediocrity.

2007-03-11 05:34:43 · answer #1 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. The entire society is "happy", but that is only because they do not know what sorrow is. They feel nothing when someone dies, they have no true love and heartbreak, etc.

Mediocrity is even worse than sorrow: it is emptiness. Happiness is more fulfilling.

(Seriously, read "BNW"... it's great :) )

2007-03-11 05:36:42 · answer #2 · answered by PHI 1.618 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I'm happy when my needs are met. End of story.

2007-03-11 05:42:13 · answer #3 · answered by Carlos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋