How much control do you have...

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Your short reply needs expansion.

@a-unique-nickname said
Your short reply needs expansion.

Yes, but each of us can now engage in our own "expansion" of it in our own minds, as is often the effect resulting from short replies. One doesn't necessarily need to climb inside divegeester's mind.

@fmf said
One doesn't necessarily need to climb inside divegeester's mind.

I'd say the therapy costs would drive most people into bankruptcy.

@fmf said
How much control do you have over your happiness?

My immaturity has always blessed me with a sunny disposition most of the time.

@fmf said
How much control do you have over your happiness?

Do we need to control happiness? It's a feeling we are blessed with sometimes. It's like love.

@torunn said
Do we need to control happiness? It's a feeling we are blessed with sometimes. It's like love.

Do we need to control happiness?

If we can conjure it up in times of darkness, it can be good.

Can we conjure it up?

@fmf said
Do we need to control happiness?

If we can conjure it up in times of darkness, it can be good.

Can we conjure it up?

We can remind ourselves of ups and downs - how we despaired and regained hope.

@fmf said
How much control do you have over your happiness?

a personal outlook/observation

a strict definition of "happiness" is a good thingie
if i am uncomfortable from the constipation generated by consuming too much cheese, i can still be "happy" simply because of the taste and texture of the cheese masticated

if i break my foot in a motorcycle incident, and the pain is a 9.3 on a scale of 10, i can still be "happy" from the memories of the time just before the incident, wind in my helmeted hair, insects and road gravel pelting my visored face, the hummm of the power between my legs

if i bet all the money i do not have on a game of spectacle, and lose, even knowing that the vig must be repaid to men who like the sound of breaking bones and squeals of anguish, i can still be "happy" knowing that the ensuing game of spectacle of the cat and mouse chase covering thousands of kilometers across state lines and thru the murky alleys of democrat ruined cities

the sewer chase scenes are the bomb

i said all that nonsense to say this, and i could easily have said more,
"happiness" is merely a state of mind created by the mind to suit the owner of the mind

i have 100% control over my own happiness

@fmf said
Can we conjure it up?

Chuffing on some herb can bring on giggles that will often lead to levity and happiness.

@fmf said
Chuffing on some herb can bring on giggles that will often lead to levity and happiness.

Gratefulness gives happiness.

@fmf said
Can we conjure it up?

Discovering an overlooked Grateful Dead archival release that turns out to be sublime can create happiness for me.

@fmf said
How much control do you have over your happiness?

Dunno. I’ll ask my wife.

@fmf said
How much control do you have over your happiness?

OK, she says I have as much control as I can manage and I should quit complaining. 😆