Yume
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- Aug 29, 2018
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I made another thread asking if people are happy and was met with a lot of questions asking how am I happy? And so I thought more on it, and think I have come up with a good way to explain my happiness.
Society thrives on selling people false dreams, from a young age the successful american dream is taught as getting a good education, a good job, and buying a house, and providing for a loving family. It's only natural that the same dream can't fulfill different people, and pursuing something you really don't want can be the root of unhappiness. Social media is the newest & biggest platform for selling these false dreams, this reflects in things like depression, suicide, etc all rising as social media's prevalence increased. These false dreams are also changing with social media, the dream has changed from building a family, to being attractive, partying, traveling, its all to make others envious of this new age dream that they don't have. Not everyone can have these things or live these lifestyles, I've realized and accepted that a very long time ago. Once I realized that, I also realized it doesn't take much at all to have the world you want.
Differentiating from a false dream and my true dream, and pursuing that true dream has made me feel at peace with myself, and this brings happiness to me.
Society thrives on selling people false dreams, from a young age the successful american dream is taught as getting a good education, a good job, and buying a house, and providing for a loving family. It's only natural that the same dream can't fulfill different people, and pursuing something you really don't want can be the root of unhappiness. Social media is the newest & biggest platform for selling these false dreams, this reflects in things like depression, suicide, etc all rising as social media's prevalence increased. These false dreams are also changing with social media, the dream has changed from building a family, to being attractive, partying, traveling, its all to make others envious of this new age dream that they don't have. Not everyone can have these things or live these lifestyles, I've realized and accepted that a very long time ago. Once I realized that, I also realized it doesn't take much at all to have the world you want.
Differentiating from a false dream and my true dream, and pursuing that true dream has made me feel at peace with myself, and this brings happiness to me.