- Mm... "What we lack in the life we happened to be living in"? So, you're saying that a person is happy when he has everything he hopes for in his life. Whereas someone's unhappy because there's something missing in his/her life, right?
- Yea.
- But, to be happy, you got to know and accept who you are. You got to accept the fact that you happened to be born in this life, your life. Hence, you won't need to look for anything else to make your life happy, if you've accepted your life already.
- Well, but every one of us needs something, sometime in our lives. And some people will never be happy because there's something lacking in their lives. And they go on searching for that something, not being sure if they'll find it till the end. And when people are happy it's because they've found that something, so nothing's missing in their lives, thus they're fully happy.
- But again, being happy is knowing to love and to accept yourself and others. That's the foundation of happiness. So, if you love yourself and those around you with all your heart, and if you accept who you are, then you won't need to look for other things, right?
- Well, that's interesting... Ok, let's put it this way: to be happy is to love and to accept yourself and those around you. But what if the thing that is lacking in your life is precisely that: loving and accepting yourself and others. So, you lack the capability to love and to accept. As a consequence, you're not happy, because that is something missing in your life. Therefore, it's sensible to say that it doesn't matter what's the foundation of happiness. Because the truth is, when you lack something in your life, that's exactly what's happening, THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING. That something could be anything, for instance the so called foundation of happiness. What you reckon, huh?
- Mm... Yea, everything goes back to where we started... Right now, I'm happy because there's nothing missing in my life.
- I think I'm happy too, because I've got almost everything I need in my life...
- But, if you're happy it means you've got everything you've asked for.... But you said you've got AlMOST everything, so I assume you're not truly happy, yea?
- Well, it's hard to have everything we hope for. That's why we got to be flexible, that's why we are humans...
- I thinks it's easier to know if there's anything we lack of rather than if we've got everything in our lives.
- That's all the same. What you lack and what you have. For instance, if you lack talent it's because you don't have it. If you have talent, it means you don't need to find it, you're not missing on it.
- It's not the same. When you truly accept your life, you know what you don't need. You know there's nothing missing in your life. But if you know that you're not having everything you've hoped for, it somehow means you're not satisfied with yourself, your life. It'll make you want more, long for more no matter if it's on a mere object or on emotional level. You see what I'm trying to say?
- Well, I think I got what you mean...
- So, are you truly happy then? Don't lie.
- I'll tell you later... When I find the answer.
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A question for you, Francesca: If you are not unhappy does it mean that you are happy? Gostei da discussão filosófica... :-)
If I'm not unhappy it simply means i'm not unhappy. It doesn't necessarily mean I'm happy. But I'd rather choose being happy when I'm not unhappy :)
Hope I've answered your question J. Camilo :)
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