Arthur Schopenhauer was an extreme pessimist, he thought that we live in the worst of all possible worlds and that happiness is only an illusion and he also hated women.
the keys to happines , according to schopenhauer :
1 : avoid envy and comparisons
Envy is one of the most negative emotions and feelings we can experience because it condemns us to a state of permanent dissatisfaction, far from happiness. Comparing ourselves with others implies dedicating time and energy to an unsuccessful task in which we will almost always lose , since we usually compare ourselves with those we think are richer, more capable or happier. Therefore, the first step to be happy is to stop comparing and understand that envy has no place because we are all different.
2 : make that happiness depend on you
if our happiness depends on others then it is not ours, he considered that “happiness belongs to those who are self-sufficient, because all external sources of happiness and enjoyment are, according to their species, insecure, defective, fleeting and subject to chance”. For that reason, he encouraged to look inside the reasons to be happy, not outside.
3 : Limit your wishes
To be happy we must limit our desires. continuously wishing plunges us into a spiral of dissatisfaction that leads us to run after things that will never finish satisfying us because they generate new needs and desires. Therefore, he was deeply convinced that one of the secrets to be happy is to desire less.
4 : Control your expectations
not only encourages us to limit our desires but also our expectations, because these are often the cause of unhappiness. Every expectation that is not fulfilled is fertile ground for frustration , he encourages to develop a more realistic vision that allows us to face the obstacles, instead of feeding false expectations that make us unhappy.
5 : Valorize what you have as if you were going to lose it tomorrow
the importance of valuing what we have, from health and family cause we rarely think about what we have but always in what we lack , Starting the day giving thanks for what we have is an excellent way to cultivate happiness for example you give thanks for 2 gifts '' your eyes ''.
the keys to happines , according to schopenhauer :
1 : avoid envy and comparisons
Envy is one of the most negative emotions and feelings we can experience because it condemns us to a state of permanent dissatisfaction, far from happiness. Comparing ourselves with others implies dedicating time and energy to an unsuccessful task in which we will almost always lose , since we usually compare ourselves with those we think are richer, more capable or happier. Therefore, the first step to be happy is to stop comparing and understand that envy has no place because we are all different.
2 : make that happiness depend on you
if our happiness depends on others then it is not ours, he considered that “happiness belongs to those who are self-sufficient, because all external sources of happiness and enjoyment are, according to their species, insecure, defective, fleeting and subject to chance”. For that reason, he encouraged to look inside the reasons to be happy, not outside.
3 : Limit your wishes
To be happy we must limit our desires. continuously wishing plunges us into a spiral of dissatisfaction that leads us to run after things that will never finish satisfying us because they generate new needs and desires. Therefore, he was deeply convinced that one of the secrets to be happy is to desire less.
4 : Control your expectations
not only encourages us to limit our desires but also our expectations, because these are often the cause of unhappiness. Every expectation that is not fulfilled is fertile ground for frustration , he encourages to develop a more realistic vision that allows us to face the obstacles, instead of feeding false expectations that make us unhappy.
5 : Valorize what you have as if you were going to lose it tomorrow
the importance of valuing what we have, from health and family cause we rarely think about what we have but always in what we lack , Starting the day giving thanks for what we have is an excellent way to cultivate happiness for example you give thanks for 2 gifts '' your eyes ''.
Don't compare yourself to your exploiters that just so happen to disregard all of these points and hoard everything for themselves
