try for contentment instead. contentment is based on appreciating what you have, not chasing what you think you want.
hmm... i'm not so sure i agree with that... this idea sounds too stoician... a relevant representation in the Greek/Roman and Medieval (medieval christianism as moral heir of stoicism) Worlds but is still based on an uncomplex world's understanding where each being has its own place for the eternity. In modern world contentment may be the fastest way for being in this state of mind "i have a poor life but i'm content with that" and not trying to make it better.
transposed in the political ground: i will be very cautious (least i can say) towards a political leader who promises happiness... as it would be an open door to totalitarism. but i will be probably very unhappy with a political leader who asks for contentment as it is the definition for ultra conservatism (and it may become a totalitarism too).
hmm don't remembered who said that we don't know what is to be happy but that generally we know what is to be less unhappy... always liked that.
ok happiness is a feeling... an object of theory? not any more.
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