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[deleted] t1_j37en74 wrote

Reply to comment by ValyrianJedi in [Image] "You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life." by Butterflies_Books

You think that good days don’t just “materialise” out of thin air but all the bad days that you have to apparently fight your way through do?

Edited to stay on point

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ValyrianJedi t1_j37fj0v wrote

Yes. There are a decent many externalities required to have a good day, and none to have a bad one.

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[deleted] t1_j37fniy wrote

I totally disagree. Again, I would ask why you think that?

So your default state is a bad day unless some number of external events come together to produce a good day for you?

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ValyrianJedi t1_j37g2sb wrote

Take just the absolute basics of food and shelter. Hard to have a good day when you are starving and homeless. You have to do things to avoid being starving and homeless, and taking no action whatsoever will lead to both. All of the prerequisites of somebody having a good day require action being taken. No action has to be taken to have a bad day.

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[deleted] t1_j37nl6x wrote

Without finding one absolute extreme. My point is that happiness is an internal state, separate your external circumstances. Your mood is a choice.

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