“Shortcuts to happiness”???
Imagine there was a hypothetical science machine and for the rest of your life it would stimulate your brain and give you positive feelings you desire.
- Most people would refuse this machine when given the choice
It is not just positive feelings we want; we want to be entitled to our positive feelings.
- Yet we have invented many shortcuts to feeling
good
- Drugs, chocolate, sex, shopping, masturbating, television, etc.
Re-source:
The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness (joy, comfort, ecstasy), rather than to be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who in the middle of great wealth are starving spiritually.
- These positive authentic feelings arise from the exercise of strengths and virtues, rather than from the shortcuts.
Reaffirm: Affirmations for Happiness
craving are resource from “Authentic Happiness” by Martin Selegman
affirmations from balanceinme.com