Thursday, May 14, 2009

the HAPPINESS PARADOX

coming from a group of people
who detest studying
and love talking to people
and having bunked a sessional once coz i had to read a novel and talk to a friend
i find is strangly amusing that i m happy studying while its really hard to spend my free time happily while keeping the same level of joy intact
i guess its coz studying is purposeful and has a meaning while whiling my time on orkut is kinda sad coz is devoid of meaning
so find some purpose and be involved in someting and ull find little more than a quantum of solace

2 comments:

  1. i dont agree with you here..
    how do you define something to be purposeful..

    taking your example here.
    how is preparing for pg purposeful for you?
    -is it because it will help you get that degree that you don't really care about, but which will make you a respectable person in the eyes of others??
    -or is it because it will help you earn more money??
    either way, it isn't a direct source of happiness.. you are waiting for it to be fruitful and then you'll get your "pseudo-happiness"..

    an activity becomes purposeful if you want it to be. observing a grasshopper in your garden for an hour can give you more happiness than your honeymoon.. it all depends on how you think..

    knowing you, i think you should reconsider your thoughts on true happiness that you are talking about here.

    while i agree that orkut is a complete waste of time. and i also don't ask you to stop studying for the exams.. you shudnt live in self-denial of the fact that you yourself find cramming Chaurasia and Davidson an utter waste of ur precious time.

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  2. well the net is bad so ill keep it short well i dont give a crap bout the branches of subclavian artery but if knowing this will help me operate on sm 1 or lets say get a pg seat for wih i do care,i dont mind, the fact that i ve been njoin it is just an icing
    as for my motives well to b completely honest its a mix of a lot of things wih wil take sm time to xplain
    u can njoi the grasshopper too the ting is i like learning n reading more tho i still hate revision

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