Loving what you have gives you everything you need — because contentment isn’t complacency, it’s mastery. It’s the rare art of extracting infinity from the finite, of sipping morning coffee like it’s a Roman feast and holding a familiar hand like it’s a divine revelation. We have become addicted to upgrades and insatiable scrolls, then gratitude is... See more
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Expected elation. Society has built a world that defines what's appealing and what's not. What success should look like. I spent years chasing this idea, and achieved it. And never felt truly happy. Why? It seems so obvious, there are a million songs and movies about how wealth and fame aren't the end all be all for human states. Yet we pursue it... See more
Helen Garner on Happiness: ‘It’s Taken Me 80 Years to Figure Out It’s Not a Tranquil, Sunlit Realm’
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