Happiness definition: emotional tone accompanying the self-realization of a personality. This self-realization process is the smooth functioning of the entire organism as it carries out successfully the dominant desires of the moment.
Prescription for lifelong happiness:
1. Purpose enough for satisfaction
2. Work enough for sustenance
3. Sanity enough to know when to play and rest
4. Wealth enough for basic needs
5. Affection enough to like many and love a few
6. Self-respect enough to love yourself
7. Charity enough to give to others in need
8. Courage enough to face difficulties
9. Creative enough to solve problems
10. Humor enough to laugh at will
11. Hope enough to enjoy life for all its worth
12. Gratitude enough to appreciate what you have
Only ourselves can make us happy. The joy we see in others is a reflection of the joy in ourselves. --Jean Paul Sartre
Seize the day, pay special attention to Aphrodite. Put gloomy thoughts aside. Drain the cup and be glad. This too is solid Greek wisdom.
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