and which is the HARDEST?
2007-07-25 13:27:38 · 23 answers · asked by enki 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Staying happy is easiest, once it is acquired (that's the hard bit) It's an internal thing. With that at one's core, one can deal with all the rest appropriately . A lot of people seem to find staying lonely easy - because they've not enough at the core to keep them company perhaps? Staying mad is also obviously easy, because most of us are a little mad even if not certifiable - you only have to observe our noble leaders, and reflect that most of us put them there even in a non-democratic society. But I still reckon staying happy is easiest - all you have to do is embrace life. For a man I reckon staying chaste is the hardest, and staying faithful after that. What fun. But we learn.
2007-07-25 14:40:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say happiness is the easiest, because it involves choice in all the changes and chances of life. There've been times I've been more chased than chaste, but those have usually ended up happy, especially when I'm so bad I'm good. Mad I never did do very well for very long. Love and faithfulness sort of go together, hard to do one without the other and stay happy at the same time. I guess the hardest thing of all is loneliness, I don't do that at all if I can help it. And so I stay happy, it's easier if I find someone lonely and make them happy too.
2007-07-26 05:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by Fr. Al 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being HAPPY, LONELY, MAD are states of mind...They are not done I guess. We can do things to be in those states though.
And there's a lot of things we can do to "stay in love", "stay faithful", or "stay chaste".
These 3 things require self determination. They're not that easy to handle but with enough faith and courage they can all be done.
The easiest to deal with ? (From easiest to hardest):
1. To stay chaste: It's just a matter of saying "no" and really meaning it. This isn't where you'll say "sorry,I got no choice."
This is one situation where you can always say no so that what you're saving at the moment can be purely given at the right time to the right person.
2. To stay in love: People change as time goes by. Differences will pop up clear before our eyes. Arguments and petty quarrels are natural and healthy elements of a relationship. But, "how do you keep the music playing?" is a great challenge. We need an extra back-up of understanding, and an updated ability to look at love more deeply, more substantially every single day.
3. To stay faithful: With all the tempations lurking at every corner, keeping ourselves shielded from the lure of lust is really very very tough. sometimes in our weaker moments, we push the idea of "we're only human" like we can always be excused for our worldly behavior. But no! It is our will to resist temptation. If we can't do it alone (and probably we can't), there's always THAT ONE who's most powerful always on a stand-by for rescue. We just need to call HIM!
2007-07-25 21:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say that it's easiest to stay mad, but it's the least beneficial.
The hardest is to stay happy, and it's not even practical because bad things happen. It isn't realistic to try to be happy if, for instance, you are in mourning. That would be denial of a sad situation. You can have an inner peace about the situation, but that's not the same as happiness.
2007-07-25 20:52:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which is the easiest to do, to stay HAPPY, You asked? I would say to stay Faithful, because When you are with your one and only, what more do you want. The Hardest one to accomplished would be, to stay Mad.
2007-07-25 21:09:36 · answer #5 · answered by a.vasquez7413@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never found it hard to stay faithful. In my personal oppinion, the hardest thing to do is stay happy. Live tends to throw so many complications and stresses towards us, and so I really admire those people who stay in a perpetual good mood. I think the easiest is to stay lonely. It's very possible to be in a crowd and feel completely alone, and, at the end of the day, we all are.
2007-07-25 20:41:40 · answer #6 · answered by Dream Weaver 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think there will be many subjective answers, as it should be. For me--the easiest would be to stay "happy." (At peace, in harmony.) For some, it may possibly be to stay lonely, only if one has been lonely for a long time & it's become so familiar that it's "easy." Staying mad is also easy for some; it seems to be the only thing that makes them feel alive. For me, the others are up for grabs, since much depends on them that isn't always in my conrtrol.
2007-07-27 20:49:30 · answer #7 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The easiest i think is to stay In love/faithful
The hardest is to stay lonely
2007-07-26 14:33:15 · answer #8 · answered by scoopie110 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there enki~I'd have to say that the easiest is to stay happy. Happy is a state of mind that we CHOOSE. Love, faithful & chaste are unpredictables. One never knows how they may change! Perhaps it "feels" easiest to be lonely, if that's familiar to someone. Stay mad? Never. I don't get mad. I get stoic! Honestly can't think of anything that is "hardest."
2007-07-26 00:40:17 · answer #9 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Stay happy is the easiest. Stay mad is the hardest.
2007-07-25 20:31:38 · answer #10 · answered by Pancake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋