The ultimate goal of all humans is to be happy — TheMadFool
2. There are more reasons to be sad than happy — TheMadFool
Eh, just wanting to be happy seems like a good enough reason. But really, if you look at the many health benefits of being happy, that seems to provide ample reason to be happy. — Lone Wolf
Do we need a reason to feel the opposite, more of a depressive mood? — Nessuno
However, I don't know how others feel, I seem to look for mental reasons to be happy. — TheMadFool
Laughing in the face of this is a coping mechanism for the masses. It is post-modern advice given to those in hopes you do not investigate too much into the existential problems of life — schopenhauer1
I think people could be generally content their entire lives, if they were taught to think properly about themselves and life from an early age, and were able to avoid any sort of extreme emotional trauma. — CasKev
Even a suicidal person is looking for relief (read happiness) from his suffering. So, if we want something so badly and the world isn't being helpful why not simply be happy? Is it impossible? — TheMadFool
So ignorant happiness may not be so good for the long-haul of investigating the human condition itself or the intra-worldly affairs that we must face within the daily grind of life. — schopenhauer1
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