Don't Directly Pursue Happiness

By Evan Sanders


End your pursuit of happiness.

Huh?!

Happiness isn't something that just shows up in our lives whenever we feel like it. Happiness depends on our actions.

So seriously, end your pursuit of happiness.

Generation after generation we have been fed that our entire goal in life is to be happy. I'm not necessarily refuting that happiness is a great thing, but where this idea falls short is in the actual implementation of a "way of being" in order to achieve any level of worthwhile happiness.

So instead of being in this constant pursuit of happiness, come to find that a real sense of fulfillment and achievement in this world comes from going after our dreams and taking daily actions towards achieving them.

I'm not suggesting that happiness isn't a critical aspect in each of our lives - it would absolutely be ignorant to claim such a thing. What I'm proposing is that perhaps there's a different path we can take that will guide us to more happiness all throughout our life. Maybe we should be focusing more on the development of our mind, body, and soul every single day in little increments to guarantee that we are continually growing and evolving in positive ways? This is going to be a particularly different path to take rather than constantly seeking something that we will never really grasp onto.

When we are growing we feel like we are truly living. When we are breaking through boundaries and moving forward with our lives we start to feel this great sense of accomplishment. Truth is, when you are on a path of development happiness just seems to show up no matter what you do.

So what if you tried on this idea for a while and allowed yourself to focus on growth instead of happiness? Who can really say what might happen?

All I know is that true fulfillment in life is connected to personal development and growth and that happiness isn't far behind.

A little bit of food for thought.




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