Someone made me happy today, and I thought I was happier and I defined that as (1+x%)happy. And then I was asked ‘can you be more than 1 happy?’
Got me thinking,
Happiness is a 1/0 thing.
Imagine you are a happy person, you make someone happy, and that someone makes someone else happy, like butterfly effect it triggers down.
1/0 happiness seems like a probable notion. Sorry it does sound like an xkcd strip :).
But something said by a yogi inspired me the other day, ‘Have no fear. Not courage, because courage is a reaction to fear. Have no fear, and peace be with you. And that is beautiful’.
So it got me to conclude that ‘Be not sad. Not happy, because being happy is a reaction to sadness’.
Well doesn’t make too much sense, does it? I think it’s time for a good glass of wine.
A wonderful thoughtful exercise created by Erik on Flickr, beautiful.
Avar Pentel | 07-Apr-09 at 2:46 pm | Permalink
Happy, hap and happening – all these words sharing the same root. And this connection between luck, chance and occurance, is true for many other languages too. How about Chinese? Are Chinese word for ‘happiness’ etymologically rather notions for something relative and temporary or for some constant state of mind?
peter | 22-Apr-09 at 4:05 pm | Permalink
A formula for happiness. A Chinese concept! Greetings from afar. Your thoughts brightened my day as global warming took a spring holiday in Shantou and has left us cool and wet beyond our due. Let me know your current email and I will really bore you with news!
cheers
peter
shireenbee | 17-May-09 at 6:06 pm | Permalink
i love your post and even referenced it yesterday in a conversation with f. it really makes sense an a prefectly simple kind of way. thank you.
cathyma | 29-May-09 at 10:34 pm | Permalink
Hey bee London misses you guys too much it’s lovely outside today.
At some point we’re going to get a few nice cuppa and talk about life and love.
:)
Oh, congrats!