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What is the difference between happiness and pleasure?
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Today there will be a little philosophical blog ) Concepts such as happiness and enjoyment are not synonyms at all. Happiness or psychological comfort is not only the experience of pleasant emotions, but also the understanding that they are received in a worthy way. For pleasure, the source of emotions is unimportant. The main thing is that they can be constantly scooped up from somewhere. Happiness is most often based on some previous suffering that a person has overcome and rethought. As a result of this, he reached a state of psychological comfort. It is relatively stable, as it is based on a person’s ability to be happy even in spite of external conditions. But pleasure is in no way connected with the spiritual work of man. It poses a danger to people in that they can wallow for a long time in a quagmire of pleasures. Only development leads to stable happiness, but it is impossible without overcoming difficulties. But short-term pleasures cause a hangover syndrome in the soul. You cannot become happy by deceiving yourself for the sake of ghostly pleasures. Over the years, overcoming obstacles becomes a habit, and active efforts become an internal need. This is how the development of human internal resources takes place, and what is impossible today becomes possible tomorrow. Yes, happiness and enjoyment vary in emotional color. The first is not so bright and does not look like euphoria. After all, it is composed not only of joy, but also of everyday painstaking work on oneself. But happiness has a huge margin of safety. It will not crumble like a house of cards when a situation changes, because it is based not on random favorable circumstances, but on a person’s ability to overcome obstacles and find a way out of any situations. The source of happiness lies in the man himself, in his attitude to life, in his character. And it is the very behavior of such a person that creates the circumstances to which he aspires Be happy no matter what and never stop working on yourself. Alina)


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