All entries for Monday 13 March 2006

Happiness

Just now, a feeling of happiness aroused while I was peeling my peanuts and putting them in my mouth. The room was warm, the lamps orangely lighted my eyesight, some peaceful happiness was in that aura. And I know what exactly it is:

It is being aware that I don't need to go out in the chilling March wind to scratch up the peanuts – all I needed to do was place my forefinger and thumb on both side of the curves, put on a little strength and these baby peanuts are mine.

It is also being aware that I was not hungry. The act of eating was purely seeking for pleasure. Being able to form imporable acts is happiness.

So I infer, happiness is actually all around, also find when:

• Having sex without worrying about reproduction
• Traveling without thinking of settling down to build a house
• Reading without targetting at composing an essay
• and the appreciation of all sorts of useless art
• etc. etc.

These seemingly petty things are the very source of compensations that keep us balanced from the inevitable boredom of life. But sometimes we are very likely to take them for granted and forget about how pleasing they are, for example, how often do we realize the happiness of eating some peanuts? So to get happiness more constant happiness is not to get inhabbitualised into those daily happy routines. A sense of control is important, too. You know what happens when you eat an overwhelmly amount of peanuts.

So, hope everybody in the world would have the chance to indulge themselves in a tiny amount of peanuts sometime!

: 13 Mar 2006 23:49 |  Tags: Zp I Meaning Of Life |  Comments (2) |  Close comments |  Report a problem