TheRoadtoHappess
佚名/Anonyo
Itisaonpceaongoraliststhatyouotgethappessbypursugit.Thisisonlytrueifyoupursueitunwisely.GablersatMonteCarloarepursugoney,andostoftheloseitstead,butthereareotherwaysofpursugoney,whichoftensueed.Soisitwithhappess.Ifyoupursueitbyansofdrk,youarefettgthehangover.Epicurpursueditbylivgonlyngenialsocietyagonlydrybread,supplentedbyalittlecheeseodays.Histhodprovedsuessfulhiscase,buthewasavaletudarian,andostpeoplewouldneedsothgorevigoro.Forostpeople,thepursuitofhappess,unlesssupplentedvarioways,istooabstradtheoreticaltobeadequateasapersonalruleoflife.ButIthkthatwhateverpersonalruleoflifeyouaychooseitshouldnot,exceptrareandheroiccases,bepatiblewithhappess.
Thereareagreatanypeoplewhohavealltheaterialnditionsofhappess,i.e.healthandasuffite,andwho,heless,areprofoundlyunhappy.Insuchcasesitwouldseeasifthefaulttliewithawrongtheoryastohowtolive.Inonesense,weaysaythatanytheoryastohowtoliveiswrong.Weiageourselvesoredifferentfrotheanialsthanweare.Anialsliveonipulse,andarehappyaslongasexternalnditionsarefavorable.Ifyouhaveacatitwillenjoylifeifithasfoodandwarthandopportunitiesforanoasionalnightoiles.Yourneedsareoreplexthanthoseofyourcat,buttheystillhavetheirbasisstct.Incivilizedsocieties,especiallyEnglish-speakgsocieties,thisistooapttobefotten.Peopleproposetotheselvessooneparaountobjective,araallipulsesthatdonotistertoit.Abessanaybesoanxiotogrowrichthattothisendhesacrificeshealthandprivateaffes.Whenatsthehasbeeriopleasurereastohiexceptharrygotherpeoplebyexhortationstoiitatehisnobleexaple.Manyrichdies,althoughnaturehasnotehewithanyspontaneopleasureliteratureorart,decidetobethoughtcultured,andspendbhourslearngtherightthgtosayaboutfashionablenewbooksthatarewrittentogivedelight,nottoaffordopportunitiesfordtysnobbis.
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