Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy by Richard O'Connor

Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy by Richard O'Connor

Author:Richard O'Connor [O'Connor, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013-11-04T16:00:00+00:00


SEVEN

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Remember, happiness isn’t normal. The usual resting state of our minds is slightly edgy. The hedonic treadmill is hard-wired into our brains, luring us down the road to More and Then Some, but we can use our brains to counter its effects. This chapter is about focusing on joy, the immediate sensation of positive feelings. Joy requires special attention because there is so much going on in today’s world that interferes with our ability to be attentive to how we feel right now—and if you can’t do that, you miss a lot of happiness.



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