Comments on: The Economics of Happiness http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/09/the-economics-of-happiness.html Emotional Intelligence News and Views Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:08:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Shahnaz Bahman http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/09/the-economics-of-happiness.html#comment-177 Shahnaz Bahman Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:18:41 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/09/the-economics-of-happiness.html#comment-177 To me " happiness" is a beautiful concep, yet striving to be hppy all the time can be be misleading or even damaging at times. All emotions have their place and value and one of the resons of not feeling content is the rejection of what we might call " negative emotions" Are they really negative??, or are we receiving important messages from these emotions which might lead to creativity and personal growth. To me abetter word to foucs on is "BALANCE" . I also like to pay consious respect to all emotions and listen to the messages they convey. To me ” happiness” is a beautiful concep, yet striving to be hppy all the time can be be misleading or even damaging at times.
All emotions have their place and value and one of the resons of not feeling content is the rejection of what we might call ” negative emotions” Are they really negative??, or are we receiving important messages from these emotions which might lead to creativity and personal growth.
To me abetter word to foucs on is “BALANCE” . I also like to pay consious respect to all emotions and listen to the messages they convey.

]]> By: Tessy http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/09/the-economics-of-happiness.html#comment-119 Tessy Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:07:43 +0000 http://6seconds.org/blog/2008/02/09/the-economics-of-happiness.html#comment-119 I like some of the perspective on happiness on the Happiness Foundation website which also questions the reverse, is it good to be happy? http://happiness.org/Resources/Happiness_Studies/What_is_Happiness.aspx In particular, they write: "Is it good to be happy? Most people find feel that is good to be happy but many moral philosophers have reservations. One of their qualms is that it that one can only be happy if one disregards the misery in this world, and hence that happiness depends on a distorted rosy outlook. Another misgiving is that happiness spoils and makes us lazy, uncritical and egocentric. Yet again, empirical research shows otherwise. Happy people appear to be more concerned with social problems and to be more apt to do something about that. There is also evidence that happiness activates and that it encourages social involvement." I like some of the perspective on happiness on the Happiness Foundation website which also questions the reverse, is it good to be happy?

http://happiness.org/Resources/Happiness_Studies/What_is_Happiness.aspx

In particular, they write:

“Is it good to be happy?

Most people find feel that is good to be happy but many moral philosophers have reservations. One of their qualms is that it that one can only be happy if one disregards the misery in this world, and hence that happiness depends on a distorted rosy outlook. Another misgiving is that happiness spoils and makes us lazy, uncritical and egocentric. Yet again, empirical research shows otherwise. Happy people appear to be more concerned with social problems and to be more apt to do something about that. There is also evidence that happiness activates and that it encourages social involvement.”

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