dimreepr

Indeed, but I'm just saying a word is wrong; no wonder the sermon on the mount got a mixed revue... 🙏

I agree with everything you say, a teacher can teach a class by being a chapter ahead of them; but within the contex of this thread, as I tried to explain to @Genady my contention is, the op is reading from the wrong book, so to speak; it's like a misogynist comedian trying to get a laugh at a feminist convention.

You haven't explained how it refutes my claims, not that I claimed them as facts, I also asked how it relates to the topic at hand? you can't teach other's something nuanced (like the difference between happy and content), if you don't fully undersatand the topic; much like you can't understand advanced physics if you can't speak the language. I hope that clarifies my point for you. I'm sure they do, but we live in a society that doesn't, and that's bound to impact on their self worth; which in turn will impact on their state of mind vis-a-vis their peace of mind. My point is, contentment is the launch pad that allows the happy and the sad, to flow. This too is covered by the "good books" re, karma etc...

Apparently not... 🖖

Indeed, now do you get it?

So, your version of a fact is something a famous person said; were they happy?

Present your facts, as they relate to the topic, please...

Every professional think they're noble, even those from less than noble profession's (for me, the most ignominious of which is insurance). Let's get back to your topic title; you can't teach other's something, if you don't fully undersatand the topic... 😉 It depends on what the physician is pationate about? To get back to the 'bible' talk, yin-yang pretty much covers this... 🙏

What if you're stuck as a bin man or sewer man? Not a noble practice but every bit as essential for our survival, the lucky one's love the job. Don't get me wrong, I can't imagine a more peaceful existance than being consumed by a passion of some sort (excluding the obvious exceptions), I almost envy them, if I wasn't at peace with doing the bare minimum.

How? Your version of passionate is heavily biased by your culture, what if I/you can't live up to that version? Does that mean my/our life has no value?

What do you think you're agreeing to?

Do I have to?

Indeed, but what better way to spend it than peacefully?

Yet there both fleeting sensation's, which was more my point.

Exactly. What's the difference?

Words are important if you want convey understanding, the problem you've got is that you're trying to shoehorn one word into another, you're trying to equate peace of mind with happy. Happiness is a state of mind that can't possibly endure, imagine this; you play with your son and the balloon pops, it startles you (we can't help it, it's a different state of mind) and sends you of balance, you fall onto your son and in a freak accident he dies. Would that add to your happiness? If you want a guide to contentment/peace of mind, read any of the major bible's and in none of them will you find a hedonistic approach to the problem. It's a very difficult concept to understand, which you must do before you try and teach other's, otherwise all you 'can' do, is confuse them.

No it's not, much like being content to be miserable isn't; on balance, being content to be alive is more important than some fictional/potential pleasure, all it represents is something to look forward too. It's just as OK to be miserable in the moment, not everything can be looked at as a positive, however hard you try; which I think is what's tripping you up with OP list/title. IMHO 'happiness' is the hateful word tattooed across the heart of our culture, if only you could afford this you'd be happy, but don't worry even the poorest among you can afford a lottery ticket... Is that the sort of happy you had in mind? Because cultural bias is strong with the force. 🖖

But we can be content (on standby if you like), as @iNow suggested, happy is the wrong word to use, in fact I think it's detrimental to health to chase something that can only be fleeting. So for me, a more apt list would start with "don't worry if you aren't happy now, wait a while, someone's bound to say/do something laughable.".

He can't, he has no idea why it's so important to people he doesn't agree with... 🙄

But if he's gay, surely her partner would be a man???

So you think she's a man and doesn't realise, presumably because she looks a bit masculine and keeps beating the pretty women; it's certainly consistant with your version of logic.

I doubt you'd accept a punch in the face, yet it's real; the obvious answer is to pay them respect and not receive a punch in the face.

Your talking about the fairness of life, that we all have to play; we're talking about the fairness of a "GAME"!!!, that we all should be allowed to play; the length of one's dick is a different game entirely. 😣 On an aside, it's odd to think that a cat/feline is considered feminine, yet the Tom's are sporting a barbed dick that's designed to inflict pain, life's full of irony... 🧐 Just a thought...

Another joke that's zipped overhead, I can explain it if you want... 🥱 That's 90 page's on a topic, that's only intractable because 'they' say it is; I'm bored now...