Are we really happier when we INDULGE ourselves? Or are we happier, overall, when we discipline ourselves?Originally Posted by LiberalNation
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Are we really happier when we INDULGE ourselves? Or are we happier, overall, when we discipline ourselves?
Blessed be Your name, when the sun's shining down on me, when the world's "all as it should be," blessed be Your name!
Blessed be Your name on the road marked with suffering, though there's pain in the offering, blessed be Your name!
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise. When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say...
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Blessed be Your name!
Optimistically Agnostic
I think if we applied that question to chocolate, we'd have an answer for most females.
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Really, some people have been homosexual since man kind begin but in your mind their just straits. I don't buy it, your sexual feeling and who you are sexually aroused by is by in large not a conscious choice. If it was you wouldn't have gays because no one would want to put up with the shabby treatment that goes along with it from society at large.
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So you would be happier if you disciplined yourself and remained celibate your whole life.
Senior Member
If you have a mental illness, you seek treatment. Instead of being celibate, CURE yourself of your deviant desires and become normal.Then, find a man and marry him and screw him silly.
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
Seeker of virtue
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Seeker of virtue
Giving into ones lust does not make them happy. Quite contrary. Any pleasure they have is fleeting. an illusion of happiness.
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Now show me where homosexuality is classified as a mental illness by the medical community.
There is no treatment because as of now it can't be treated as of now. A homosexual may choose not to engage in gay sex and even have strait sex but that doesn’t change that homosexuals desires/heart.
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See my response to DMP above.
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Not always. And isn't all happiness fleeting? Happiness always has to be reaffirmed for it to continue. A single moment's happiness won't keep you happy forever.
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Happiness is relative. During basic Training I was NOT happy. Looking back, I was having some of the best times of my life. Being a Man-whore in Germany was AWESOME during...looking back it was the most lonely and sad and horrible feeling period of my life.
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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By the way:
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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I'm sure for you that's true. And one should certainly follow one's conscience and one's instincts in knowing what is right and wrong for them. It's when we cross over into the gray area where we start to impose what's right for us on others that problems arise.
Happiness is relative. During basic Training I was NOT happy. Looking back, I was having some of the best times of my life. Being a Man-whore in Germany was AWESOME during...looking back it was the most lonely and sad and horrible feeling period of my life.
Senior Member
It's true for EVERYONE. Happiness is not best-defined in the moment, but only when tempered with the benefit of wisdom.
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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True. And certainly there are things we did when we were younger that we might not choose to do again if we had it to do over. But would you really give up any of the experiences you had which are what, ultimately, where we derive wisdom.
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