On United States

First of all what a terrific pun! Did you see what I did there.... You think it's gonna be on Obama or the US but NO...out of nowhere I pull out an article on emotions.

FUCK...what unadulterated genius!

Anyway. So we all have good days and bad days. That much is clear. Nobody ALWAYS feels shit and nobody ALWAYS feels amazing.

What is clear is that some people have more good days than other people. And not one or two more over the course of a year. But three or four more over the course of a week.

Why is that?

That's my quest (I fricking love that word...QUEST! ONWARDS YOUNG ONES! The future is ours!).

This much is key:

You must please yourself because nobody else is responsible. You alone are responsible for your happiness. If you dont make yourself happy you are relying on other people. See what happens when you rely on others?
If you make your happiness dependent on your environment and you are FAR MORE LIKELY to see peaks and troughs.

And let's look at the inverse. If you are constantly making yourself happy then guess what...you care going to be happy. And you are a constant in your life. You will always be there to make yourself happy.

What a SIMPLE and POWERFUL realisation that is. Deep, huh?

You have a sense of humour right? I do. Everyone does! What would change if you were able to express yourself freely and amuse yourself. It feels like an inward projection of joy, externally projected.

What would please me now?

When you think about it there really is nothing that you should be doing that doesn't bring you joy. Maybe a particular task isn't particularly exciting, but it should be for an exciting cause. If you can appreciate the bigger picture, why not be happy doing it?

"But I don't feel like Im the kind of person who can express myself freely."

Well, I get this. I see where people are coming from when they mke this objection. But when you are self amusing, you put yourself in a GOOD MOOD. Your state increases. And when your state is high you lose awareness of other people's reactions in any meaningful sense. It doesn't matter.

The one qualifier to this is that it must be UNWAVERING. If you amuse yourself and you're waiting to see how others will react then your state will DROP. Because inevitably they won't always understand what's going on. If you make a funny, quirky comment (that you like) and then wait to see other's reactions then this is reaction seeking and RELYING ON OTHERS for your happiness, which is exactly what we're trying to get away from. If you are reaction seeking, what is making you happy?
Not your self-amusing comment/behaviour but OTHER PEOPLE'S REACTIONS.

Unwavering, inward joy - projected outwards.

Try it. Make yourself happy. It's the shit.