Read Sumiko Tan's article in the ST, on 15th June on Happiness. She wrote that:
1) When a dream comes true, you don't always get the happiness you thought would come with it.
2) Happiness comes in small doses, so just be grateful for that.
3) Wikipedia says that about 50% of a person's happiness depends on his genes. A further 10 to 15% comes from variables such as socio-economic status, maritus status, health and income. The remaining reasons do not have a discernible cause.
4) Some scientists believe that everyone has an innate happiness "set point" to which he will invariably return to. Good and bad events may move you from this set point for a while, but you cannot permanently raise or lower your in-born happiness level - or so the theory goes.
Which leads me to think that i probably was born with a lower happiness set point. Yeah, that must be it.. else i can't explain why some ppl always seem happier than me. Though i don't always lament about the past, i do worry about my future. I'm more or less contented with my present, unless someone else picks up my weak points and constantly reminds me about them. Sad.
Live for the moment and appreciate what you have. Yes, and seek ways to improve myself if it's within my limits. But I won't make myself miserable just to achieve what is out of my reach.
Read Sumiko Tan's article in the ST, on 15th June on Happiness. She wrote that:
1) When a dream comes true, you don't always get the happiness you thought would come with it.
2) Happiness comes in small doses, so just be grateful for that.
3) Wikipedia says that about 50% of a person's happiness depends on his genes. A further 10 to 15% comes from variables such as socio-economic status, maritus status, health and income. The remaining reasons do not have a discernible cause.
4) Some scientists believe that everyone has an innate happiness "set point" to which he will invariably return to. Good and bad events may move you from this set point for a while, but you cannot permanently raise or lower your in-born happiness level - or so the theory goes.
Which leads me to think that i probably was born with a lower happiness set point. Yeah, that must be it.. else i can't explain why some ppl always seem happier than me. Though i don't always lament about the past, i do worry about my future. I'm more or less contented with my present, unless someone else picks up my weak points and constantly reminds me about them. Sad.
Live for the moment and appreciate what you have. Yes, and seek ways to improve myself if it's within my limits. But I won't make myself miserable just to achieve what is out of my reach.
Pursuit of happiness
