Is it better to find happiness by any means, or to try to find it within the confines of social "norms"?
10 Answers to "Is it better to find happiness by any means, or to try to find it within the confines of social "norms"?"
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this is a very hard question due to one simple fact, social standards change depending on where you live. some of the greedy and disrespectfull things we do to each other would get us killed in some countries where as in others we would need to use more cosmetic surgery and become even more vain to fit in. it is not a question of social standards as it is moralality.
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Happiness is not a thing to be got, found or obtained;
it is realization, or more precisely, self-realization.
All kings and beggars can be happy, when they know
themselves, are themselves, under the light of their
true knowledge.
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I think you might find happiness without stress by doing what you like to do and going where others are doing wht you like to do. "Social norms" change drastically and often (think Woodstock).
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try with in norms if poss, better to do w/out be illegal, but find it some way.
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I do both.
I let life show me what makes me happy and i also look for other things that make me happy.Like (1)
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All that is important is you. Your life and what you accomplish. No one else matters because they don't live your life.
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By any means, but that's assuming one can tell the difference between what's really going to bring them happiness in the long run and what's just going to give them pleasure for a while.
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Find out what YOU are happy with. In the end your the one who will live with yourself.
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By any means so long as it's not illegal or harmful to others :)
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Posted by 85continuum Jan 30th, 2012 at 11:21PM
By any means. Right or wrong, happiness is a state of mind. Social norms create limits and boundaries that prevent many people from attaining true happiness. So whether society says it's wrong or right, legal or illegal, go for it. You only live once you know.
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