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[magicmirror]

From in general a rather anticlimax  lecture, suddenly: "Happiness is the feeling of moving in the right direction." Exactly what I think. That's maybe why when one reaches what was so desired one does not feel happy,  having instead that strange feeling of a loss. It is a (temporary) loss of direction.

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[gingema]

Точно!! Здорово!

[experiment8or]

Чья такая мудрая мысль? About loss of direction? Твоя?

[magicmirror]

Yes. Actually, it's a rather helpful idea.

[experiment8or]

Очень правильный анализ в ситуации сбычи мечт. Типа, а дальше что? и как?

[allka]

So concise and true.
We have a journal club with friends, where we meet once a month to discuss articles on some topic. The last one was about happiness, and I was putting together a reading list for that one, so I just read lots and lots of stuff on happiness research, from whether money make people happy, to the role of genes in happiness, to why having kids makes people miserable :), but this phrase is sort of the best way to sum it all up.

On a totally different topic: I am not sure in whose court we left the ball after our last conversation. Did I not do something I was going to do, or was it you who decided now was not quite the time to pursue it?

[magicmirror]

None of the above:) That was me who mssed the time to act though I still believe I should. Allka - thanks, and I will e-mail you.

[allka]

I don't think this kind of thing has an expiration date. :)

[whatzat]

Interesting. Both: the idea and your thoughts. For me, however, it would be a loss of motion rather than loss of direction that matters :)

[magicmirror]

But of course! For me too. If you lost the motion then you are not moving any more :)
It is important to both move and eel that the move is in the right direction :)

[whatzat]

:)
Remember Hemulen from the Moomin saga?
When he's got the last stamp and completed his stamp collection? someone (I think Snuffkin) commented that the problem was he stopped being a collector and became an owner--which is a totally different thing.
That's motion (I don't think there's much directon there).
When one reaches some goal, one just becomes an owner of her accomplishment--which may be commendable-- but is not interesting any more (or is it just me?). Or maybe it's just that I normally don't have much sense of direction -- and you do?

With love from the snowy mountains :)

[ksenia_elt]

exactly, so do I