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A DAMNED GOOD ARGUEMENT TO SUPPORT "IT PAYS TO BE A GOOD PERSON."
For this pupose, happiness can be defined as contentment. Contentment is simply having what one wants and wanting what one has. Contentment can't be achieved through
exogenous sources. Drugs, sex, fame and fortune can only provide a temporary contentment and there's usually a commensurate deflation. It seems that this "contentment" must
come from within us. This is not to say that loved ones, financial success and the like, can't add to our contentment and further enrich our lives. It simply means that external
factors are not the source of our happiness. Anybody's personal experience will confirm this.
We've established that being content is an acceptable definition for happiness and furthermore, this happiness must not be dependent on external factors, but rather it must
emanate from within us. Can you be content if you've treated people unfairly? Can you be content if you've cheated, stolen or otherwise defauded someone? Can you be content
if you've commited an unprovoked act of violence against another person. can you be content if you've cheated on your spouse \ significant other? Even if no one else saw you
do it, you know the truth.
If at the end of every day, you can honestly say that you've treated peeps the way you want to be treated and if not, that you are willing to make amends to them, you'll be happy.
This doesn't mean that you become a doormat or a kiss ass. Sometimes it means telling people what they don't want to hear, but what they need to hear. sometimes it means
holding peeps accountable and not acting like a bitch when you're held accountable. Sarte said we are doomed to be free............. how true.
For this pupose, happiness can be defined as contentment. Contentment is simply having what one wants and wanting what one has. Contentment can't be achieved through
exogenous sources. Drugs, sex, fame and fortune can only provide a temporary contentment and there's usually a commensurate deflation. It seems that this "contentment" must
come from within us. This is not to say that loved ones, financial success and the like, can't add to our contentment and further enrich our lives. It simply means that external
factors are not the source of our happiness. Anybody's personal experience will confirm this.
We've established that being content is an acceptable definition for happiness and furthermore, this happiness must not be dependent on external factors, but rather it must
emanate from within us. Can you be content if you've treated people unfairly? Can you be content if you've cheated, stolen or otherwise defauded someone? Can you be content
if you've commited an unprovoked act of violence against another person. can you be content if you've cheated on your spouse \ significant other? Even if no one else saw you
do it, you know the truth.
If at the end of every day, you can honestly say that you've treated peeps the way you want to be treated and if not, that you are willing to make amends to them, you'll be happy.
This doesn't mean that you become a doormat or a kiss ass. Sometimes it means telling people what they don't want to hear, but what they need to hear. sometimes it means
holding peeps accountable and not acting like a bitch when you're held accountable. Sarte said we are doomed to be free............. how true.
