Yes, I think anger is useful if it's the right kind of anger. For example, it's counterproductive to become angry over someone misunderstanding you---it's a mistake. But if a person judges you unfairly because she believes her view is the only correct one, that can be a reason to become angry. I suppose if a situation is bad enough to be angry about, that can drive change. Anger can motivate people to reach out and rectify a wrong.
Happiness is not a reward and it's not something you deserve.
There is no "right to happiness" although in some countries there is a "right to the pursuit of happiness".
If you really examine happiness, you might find, as I have found, that happiness is nothing more or less than an attitude.
Of course, then you have to define attitude, but that's the way it is with any definition. One definition leads to another since a definition must be in words and words have to be defined by... unfortunately... other words!
The big advantage of happiness being an attitude is that you can be happy any time you want to be or need to be simply by adopting that attitude.
However, no reasonable person really wants to be happy all the time because happiness is not a motivating force. Happiness has the effect of relaxing you and making you refrain from making unnecessary effort. So it's best not to strive for too much happiness if you really feel you want to accomplish some things in this life.
"Happiness is a warm puppy." Does anyone remember that from the old Peanuts cartoons?
But happiness is not just a warm puppy. It's also a soft kitty.
More importantly, it's a job that sparks passion. One that you'd do without being paid. It's having the free time to express creativity. It's spending time just contemplating God's creation.
It's a happy, healthy family. It's sharing time, and sharing life. Even if life isn't all that great right at the moment. It's being in this space at this time in the world.
It's the ability to make the best out something that appears rotten.
It's a challenge.
It's a choice.
Now I understand that for some, it doesn't feel like a choice. But at the end of the day, there is indeed, something there that keeps us going. And so, at the end of the day, I do my best to find happiness in everything around me. And yes, sometimes it's quite hard.
Motivation for writing comes in many forms. I have always had a strong desire to inform and enlighten others. The challenge of crafting the language into something meaningful, like molding a clump of clay with your hands, is a refreshing recreational outlet. Writing also provides the opportunity to express my most personal responses to this mysterious, beautiful, and sometimes painful world in the shapes, sounds, textures, and emotions of the imagination as a powerful means of therapeutic release. Receiving readers' reactions, such as "gave me chills" or "laughed so hard I almost peed my pants," made me realize that the desire to entertain is also a driving force. The thought of getting up on stage like a stand-up comedian would petrify me, but I have no problem putting thoughts and emotions on paper to share with an unseen audience. Publication of my work provides an extra level of validation.
I suppose wasted time is time spent doing one thing when you would get more benefit out of doing another thing, or when the time spent does not bring you anything of any value - so no, resting is not a waste of time as this is a way of relaxing, recharging, getting yourself prepared for further activities etc
So really I would say the only thing that I do which "wastes" my time, is going to work, because I would always rather be doing and would get more benefit/life value out of doing something else
I do it because I need money to live on, to pay my rent and bills and to enable me to do nicer things with the rest of my time .
The word "motivation" is used in two different ways. It can mean either the desire to do something or it can mean the reason that someone does something.
Probably the desire aspect arises mostly from inside of us while the reason aspect comes mostly from outside of us.
I am constantly learning new things. I am an inventive, creative person and that leaks into everything I do.
For example, I like to cook, but every time I bake it's a new experiment. I keep a record of all the different combinations I try and rarely repeat any recipe I invent unless it was really outstandingly good.
I am always "in the zone" once I get going on an idea or project. Getting started can be the hard part, but I've started so many times now that it's relatively easy for me.
As for how it feels... Hmmm, I suppose the best way to put it would be "loss of self" with the mind being focused on the tasks at hand. Then it becomes the tasks that assume primary existence rather than my own needs like hunger, thirst, loneliness, boredom, anxiety, fatigue, etc, etc...
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