Do you agree with this quote?

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"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder." - Thoreau

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Yes!! Totally and unutterably agree. Few people ever find true happiness in this life because they never realize it's not founded in pleasure or feelings of euphoria.

    It's founded in sacrifice, hard work, and making the choices no one else is willing to make. The right choices.

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  • dom180
    12 years ago

    Not entirely. It depends how you search for happiness. If you search for happiness by getting a job and moving out of your parent's basement, then you will find it. If you search for happiness through an unreal level of self-conciousness and take yourself too seriously, then you probably won't be happy.

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    • Ihadtomakeyetanotheraccountffs
      12 years ago

      It's nice to know someone else has been through that before.

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      • dom180
        12 years ago

        I should say that my comment wasn't based (specifically) on a personal experience. I'm glad I was being insightful though, and if you took something from what I said, or if it resonated with you, then that's even better. It's why I'm here.

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        • Ihadtomakeyetanotheraccountffs
          12 years ago

          Yeah, well it's all good.

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  • Chillpill
    12 years ago

    Yes, I think it's true and I know that sometimes you can get so much into the flow of doing something worthwhile and enjoyable, that the concepts of happiness and misery seem non-existent for a while. You're fully in the moment and at one with the world. When you get that feeling of wholeness, there is nothing to search for.

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  • truelibra
    12 years ago

    Happiness is a choice, no matter what your situation may be.

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  • MahBoi24
    12 years ago

    Nope. Sometimes, whether or not you try to seek happiness..you can't find it either way.

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  • LOUi_CUDi
    12 years ago

    stuupiiid.

    If you want something go after it.

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    • PBandG101
      12 years ago

      This quote doesn't instruct nor imply for people not to go after what makes them happy.
      At least to me, this quote means to accept what you have and can't change and make the choice to be happy.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    thats cute

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  • maddog546
    12 years ago

    Was that fag high or drunk when he wrote that?

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