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I came across this quote earlier today, and it reminded me of this thread. I thought I’d share it: Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote:“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise”
Agree? Disagree?The description “fool’s paradise” means that a person is being willfully ignorant of potential trouble. Perhaps ignoring the mounting debt until the creditors come to repossess all the toys. In this scenario, I believe that most people would want to be fully informed of the situation that they might prepare for coming calamity and perhaps avoid it. dande48 wrote:
I came across this quote earlier today, and it reminded me of this thread. I thought I’d share it:Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote:“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise”
Agree? Disagree?
Agree.
It’s not warm and fuzzy…but that is life. Live in the real world and be aware. Make the most of what you can.
Like staying in the church.
It may not be what we thought it was in our naivete…but it is good and has truth if you want it. Be open and honest with what it is. And what it is not.
Old Timer wrote:
Generally speaking, it is better to be happy than to be miserable – so I find ways to be happy that are as harmless to others as possible. If me being totally happy makes others I love more miserable, I sacrifice a degree of that ideal happy to create a more equal happiness for my loved ones. It helps that I truly believe “there must needs be opposition **IN** all things” – including my own “happiness quotient”.
This might be the first mention on the thread of the impact of your happiness/misery or knowledge/ignorance on other people.
I think I’ve found more truth since my faith transition. I feel like I have more capacity to love and understand people who are different from me. I believe that passing on what I’ve learned to my children according to their capacity to accept it will help them to be happier. I’m sure that acting on it has made me a better father. I think I’m a better person.
I’m less happy than I used to be, though. At least, I am this year. Who knows about next year?
Life is full of crappy trade-offs. Some are a natural part of living, and some are imposed by other people to protect what they think they need. Fortunately, unlike proverbial deals with the devil, the effects of these trade-offs don’t last forever.
Reuben wrote:
Life is full of crappy trade-offs
amen, brother.
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