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Does the society make a person happy, or do they make themselves happy?
J @ M @ L:
I agree that society definitely doesn't make you happy; however, I don't believe a person can "make" oneself happy. The events in our lives shape our emotions... so when something happens that makes you really sad and upset, the most you can do is try to look at things from a different perspective in order to make the best of it... i.e. you're not really making yourself "happy", but rather you can make yourself "not as sad". But you can't change the situation... you can't be "happy" about a loved one's death. Just my opinion... hope it makes sense to you.
I also don't buy that bullshit they try to sell you in that book/movie "The Secret". Anyone who really believes that shit is just giving themselves false hope with an overly optimistic outlook that's distant from reality.
Sparegeez:
--- Quote from: J @ M @ L on July 07, 2007, 01:42:33 PM ---I agree that society definitely doesn't make you happy; however, I don't believe a person can "make" oneself happy. The events in our lives shape our emotions... so when something happens that makes you really sad and upset, the most you can do is try to look at things from a different perspective in order to make the best of it... i.e. you're not really making yourself "happy", but rather you can make yourself "not as sad". But you can't change the situation... you can't be "happy" about a loved one's death. Just my opinion... hope it makes sense to you.
I also don't buy that bullshit they try to sell you in that book/movie "The Secret". Anyone who really believes that shit is just giving themselves false hope with an overly optimistic outlook that's distant from reality.
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What is that? The "Secret" you're talking about.
QuietTruth:
--- Quote from: J @ M @ L on July 07, 2007, 01:42:33 PM ---I also don't buy that bullshit they try to sell you in that book/movie "The Secret". Anyone who really believes that shit is just giving themselves false hope with an overly optimistic outlook that's distant from reality.
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Hellz yeah. Course I'm an idiot for not believing it. ::)
--- Quote from: Frisco Niggaz aint no Punks on July 07, 2007, 01:29:29 PM ---Happiness is an emotional or affective state that is characterized by feelings of enjoyment and satisfaction. It is not a decision.
You don't chose to be happy.
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I'm wit this though. I don't see how somebody can 'chose' to be happy. In some circumstances I can see, but all the time? Nah.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Frisco Niggaz aint no Punks on July 07, 2007, 02:20:25 PM ---
What is that? The "Secret" you're talking about.
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It's a book and video that has become really popular. It teaches about the law of attraction. Which basically means, the thoughts that go on inside your mind dictate your reality.
For example, if you get a bill in the mail, and you think about how angry you are that you got a bill in the mail, then you will continue to recieve more bills that you don't like.
But on the other hand, if you think about how happy you are that you got something, or visualize yourself getting happiness, wealth, or having anything you desire, then your mind will become attracted to that thing and it will subconsciously create a way for you to attain it.
...there's definitely some truth to all that.
QuietTruth:
I think it's along the lines of Scientology, alotta times. :-\
There was just alot of thangs in that movie you gotta laugh about. Like one nigga finding an open parking place everytime he went out. I mean come on.
And I find it hard to believe you attract everythang into your life. What if you are a baby born with a disease, how could you attract it? By your parents? Well if that's the case, can you attract thangs for your parents? Like, come on?
I don't know.
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