What's New Age got to do with it??????
I'm sorry if you feel I'm hijacking this thread. However, personal philosophy has absolutely everything to do with this thread.
What is your attitude to life? Do you go through life thinking - "When I've finished the ground school, I'll be happy." "When I've got a jet job, I'll be happy." "When I've got my command, I'll be happy." "When I get the bidline I want, I'll be happy" ..... "When I retire, I'll be happy." "When I get my handicap below 10, I'll be happy."
'Cos if you do, then you will never, ever, ever be happy regardless of who you work for - because you are treating happiness as though it were a destination.
Here's another shot in the dark. In terms of relationships, is your aim in life to get what you can from them - sex, money or otherwise? Is there a link between that and a series of failed relationships and the fact that you really can't be that bothered to make the ones you are in work any more? Do you not think that there might be a link between your dissatisfaction in more than one area in your life?
Bob Geldof said, in his autobiography, that he had to keep himself busy to try and escape from the hole he felt in his life.
Friends, we are being conned. The secret of happiness is that it is not "out there" to be got. If you want to be happy, then it starts with being content with what you have. That doesn't take away ambition - you can still work towards your jet job or handicap below 10 - just don't think that when you get there, it will make a great deal of difference to how happy you are.
Happiness is actually found in being what humans were made to be - when we correspond to our function. This may be philosophical, but discussing the question being polled above without thinking about the underlying issues is a bit like talking about the parachute you're wearing as you fall from an aircraft - you need to pull the cord.
Yes, "happiness is a path, not a destination" is twee. It is also a 95% accurate description of how the world is.
Actually, I think the thing is, that the poll isn't really asking the question you want answered.
