You’ve heard happiness is a choice, but don’t believe it.
When we pursue status and toys we lose happiness.
Happiness is fleeting and only arrives when you desublimate (cease to be self-aware).
Caught in your desire, you are engrossed in what "you" want.
Happiness requires you to lose yourself in the present, which is a choice to no longer want.
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