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Originally posted by island911
It was said on the board here, quite a while back;
Happiness is not getting what you want; it's wanting what you have.
Seems about right to me.
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you and I actually had a conversation about this topic a while back
my mother and her second husband had similar issues. they never seemed to be too happy unless they were in pursuit of that next "object of desire". with my mother, the root of the problem was easy to find. she came from a long line of pessimists (that's what surviving WW2 in eastern Germany can do to you) and apparently always viewed everything around her in a constant state of decay. her husband had issues of his own. combine the two and the only temporary "out" seemed to be the opportunity to acquire things. needless to say, they are no longer married
I had a chance to go down that road, but had a few traumatic events in my life that gave me a deep appreciation for what I do have. there's nothing like losing everything to get you to appreciate what you had