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A single moment in time can foster happiness throughout life.

Compassion, paired with an understanding of a person's difficulties, should alleviate anger.

To look within, avoid forming judgments, and have confidence in thoughts to understand and communicate effectively and kindly.

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Can true happiness be measured by individual moments, or must it be assessed over the course of an entire lifetime?

I would suggest, that ‘true’ happiness, like ‘true’ love, cannot be measured. Like true love, true happiness is a gift, a choice to love, to be happy, unconditionally; independent of moments.

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I agree on measuring happiness being so tricky as measuring selfishness or aloofness etc...

However the question places us in a false quandary. Our experience of live has nothing to do with our memories of it. First is raw intimate feeling, the second is a well cooked dish of intense moments. For instance I enjoy my quiet morning coffee however I tend to remember more exciting happenings first.

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Thanks for your comment agree Alleluia for those exciting moments 🫶

guess I am suggesting that true happiness (like unconditional love) is a gift one can choose - even when moments are excruciating 🕊️

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Zitat № 03: "Der beste Freund ist derjenige, der, wenn er uns Gutes wünscht, es uns unseretwegen wünscht." - Aristoteles, "Nikomachische Ethik, Buch IX"

Ich gehe davon aus, dass, wo und wann immer jemand jemandem Gutes wünscht, er es um dessentwillen wünscht und nicht um seinetwillen. Das Erfordernis einer Konstruktion namens Freundschaft sehe ich hier nicht.

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Zitat № 02: "Jeder kann zornig werden, das ist leicht; aber auf die richtige Person zornig zu sein, und zwar im richtigen Maß und zur richtigen Zeit, zum richtigen Zweck und auf die richtige Weise, das liegt nicht in jedermanns Macht und ist nicht leicht." - Aristoteles, "Nikomachische Ethik, Buch II"

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Üblich ist, den Gefühlen freien Lauf zu lassen. Der moderne Staat sagt: "Stopp! Die Sanktionen übernehme ich allein", um der Willkür keinen Raum zu geben.

Aristoteles spricht den Einzelnen an und rät zur besonnenen Nutzung, also zum bewusst abgewogenen Einsatz des Zorns.

Es ist sehr anspruchsvoll, was er uns hier anrät! Denn es setzt die eigene Gefühlskontrolle und - um diese überhaupt wollen und leisten zu können - einen vergleichsweise hohen Grad an Geistiger Reife voraus: Es setzt den souveränen Menschen voraus, der sich nicht als hilflosen Büttel der eigenen Gefühle zeigt.

Aristoteles sagt in der Nikomachischen Ethik wörtlich: "Auch beim Zorn gibt es ein Übermaß, einen Mangel und eine Mitte." Umgangssprachlich lautet diese kontrollierte Zornes-Mitte:

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I´m a peceful person,

but... there are limits.

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I came across this the other day..

Your greatest joy appears as your greatest fear.

Agree?

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It seems possible that when you conquer your greatest fear, it becomes your greatest joy. Therefore, conquering many fears has the potential to bring much happiness to one’s life.

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Laura. Thanks for your thoughts. Why see them separately? A cause and effect? When I read that, I immediately thought of my children. In them, I see my GREATEST joy and fear together. Philosophically…there is the thought that one can’t exist without the other.

So much to think about. 🧐

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Happiness is not something that would should aim directly at. That can lead to a hedonistic outlook on life. Instead, I believe that finding and working towards one's purpose produces happiness as a byproduct. In this way the "right" type of happiness certainly cannot be achieved in a day

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Then i have a problem I told my daughter that she had to seek happiness above all. Goals and purposes were paths we once believed we needed to accomplish happiness. Maybe they were for a while...

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