Comments on: The myth of normalcy http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/ emphatically static! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: pundit http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/#comment-81847 pundit Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:31:41 +0000 http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/#comment-81847 (Oh no, an entire category (59) for just has one post!) As real as the <em>emotion</em> happiness is, I believe it is still just a state of mind. It has little to with what you have around you or what you don't; things still falls back on how you perceive your existence to be. Which is partly what I was trying to say. (Oh no, an entire category (59) for just has one post!)

As real as the emotion happiness is, I believe it is still just a state of mind. It has little to with what you have around you or what you don’t; things still falls back on how you perceive your existence to be. Which is partly what I was trying to say.

]]> By: Michelle http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/#comment-81844 Michelle Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:39:03 +0000 http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/#comment-81844 Oh. My. GAWD! Someone else <em>gets</em> it! I've been saying it for a long time now (one example <a href="http://themetamorph.com/?cat=59" rel="nofollow">here</a>) - There's no such thing as "normal," that it's just a politically correct way of saying "socially acceptable." Happiness, however, is real. Some people get there and some never will, and what gets me there won't get you there, etc. It's different for everyone, but yes, it's real. Oh. My. GAWD! Someone else gets it! I’ve been saying it for a long time now (one example here) – There’s no such thing as “normal,” that it’s just a politically correct way of saying “socially acceptable.”

Happiness, however, is real. Some people get there and some never will, and what gets me there won’t get you there, etc. It’s different for everyone, but yes, it’s real.

]]> By: pundit http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/#comment-81843 pundit Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:59:03 +0000 http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/#comment-81843 I've been thinking about this, and while the concept of happiness is a bit more nuanced, the scenario is essentially the same. Unlike 'normalcy,' which is just an arbitrary standard for how you ought to perceive and respond to the world around you, 'happiness' has additional ingredients. Independent of your perception and society's, you can still point out some basic requirements without which you will feel despondent---like food. Upon satisfaction of your essential needs however, I'm fairly certain that being happy is entirely a state of mind. I’ve been thinking about this, and while the concept of happiness is a bit more nuanced, the scenario is essentially the same.

Unlike ‘normalcy,’ which is just an arbitrary standard for how you ought to perceive and respond to the world around you, ‘happiness’ has additional ingredients. Independent of your perception and society’s, you can still point out some basic requirements without which you will feel despondent—like food. Upon satisfaction of your essential needs however, I’m fairly certain that being happy is entirely a state of mind.

]]> By: V.R http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/#comment-81841 V.R Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:40:48 +0000 http://emphaticallystatic.org/earlier/the-myth-of-normalcy/#comment-81841 What about Happiness? Isn't the same case there..? What about Happiness? Isn’t the same case there..?

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