Striving For Happiness

The effort to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable. And that it is our constant efforts to eliminate the negative – insecurity, uncertainty, failure, or sadness – that is what causes us to feel so insecure, anxious, uncertain, or unhappy.

― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking

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