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Is it okay to be happy?

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We all want to be happy. Playing video games, drawing, getting pizza, all make us happy. Happiness is the one thing many of us strive for.

 But as I look around, I see many who aren't happy. Some simply have bad days, but for others, it is much worse. Many cannot pay their bills, lose their homes to Hurricanes, and annoying family members. Or perhaps it's because one of your Grandparents is in a very poor condition and you don't know how long they have left.

 Upon realizing this, I ask myself, should I be happy? Should I continue to do the things I love while so many others around me suffer? Should I simply push these unhappy thoughts into the back of my head? Should I feel like dirt for not being sad?

 Many of you are going to say "No, you should be allowed to be happy even if others aren't" but should I? Is it right to ignore these sad unfortunate souls? Should I continue to be happy even if there's nothing I can do to stop their sadness?

I'm not happy right now. I'm empty.
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Added: 6 years, 6 months ago
 
Nishi
6 years, 6 months ago
Everyone's going to say it because that's the right answer. ;P

Being sad because everyone's sad is normal, but you should enjoy happiness while you can, there's obviously a lot of sadness in life, don't give up happiness intentionally.

BUT, what you can do is help in moderation. Try to be nice to whoever you can. If there's a way you can help your family or friends, or if you have extra money to donate to causes or help artists in need, go for it. (:

But you can't do everything and fix everything - you can help a bit, but we can't fix everyone's situations. So just do what you can, and know that your existence and help is benefiting others despite it not solving everything.

Life will always have problems, it doesn't can't always be perfect.
JohnSamer98
6 years, 6 months ago
I honestly think the government has a policy to take more money from you the happier you are in England.

Happiness and sadness are both valuable emotions. Happiness builds confidence which enables you to try harder in difficult situations but it also makes you complacent. Sadness makes you very aware of suffering and potential dangers but it also lowers your ability to cope with them.

People obviously prefer happiness to sadness and will often strive to get happiness in their own way or at least try to oust sadness but sadness is just as valuable and when we reject it we'd rather not know about other's suffering and potential dangers to ourselves in future.

Just like the best method to get a donkey to move is a combination of tempting them with a carrot and threatening them with a stick, the healthiest way for people to live is with a combination of both emotions and in balanced amounts. You should always try to be sad for a while and then happy for a while. Be as sad as you can take until it becomes harmful to you before being happy until it begins to hurt others. This is the true harmony of emotions.

In the wild there would have been plenty of threats to coax us into being sad so we naturally evolved to want to be happy to ensure balance. Now we live in this comfortable man-made world all the threats have been removed and we unwittingly go too far into happiness letting those who haven't got what we have suffer.

To be content you have to balance your happiness against the happiness of others. You should always try to help as many people as you can but when it makes you unhappy it can disrupt your ability to function. Not only will it be no help to yourself but you'll also find it affects your ability to help others as well.

If you're content and in a stable place where you can function well on your own then it's about time you used your personality and attitude at the moment to help others who are less fortunate, like how people with money should give out to those who have none, those with happiness should give out happiness to those who don't.

However, if you yourself are struggling to be happy, like a person with little money of their own they should not give to people less fortunate should their funds run out and they find themselves in the situation the person they tried to help was in.

I can't answer the question directly for you because happiness is something that only the individual knows how much they have but I hope at least this guide was a good help to you and I hope in some way I've transferred happiness to someone, either you or the inidividuals you'll help because of this. In all honesty, have a nice day.
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