Comments on: The Pursuit of Happiness http://www.letterlover.net/2009/01/22/the-pursuit-of-happiness/ Where the written word lives on... Thu, 17 May 2012 12:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Natasha http://www.letterlover.net/2009/01/22/the-pursuit-of-happiness/#comment-7764 Natasha Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:40:16 +0000 http://www.letterlover.net/2009/01/22/the-pursuit-of-happiness/#comment-7764 Isn't it funny how soggy weather can bring out underlying emotions in us? Today was cool & cloudy, my definition of a perfect day if it had some downpour! Anyway, I was journaling about some frustration I'm having with a friend...It's SO true that you need to let your emotions run its course. After I took out everything I had inside me from my pen onto paper, I saw the big picture. If I had not done so, and didn't embrace my inner, deep emotions, I would not reached my next set of emotions! My journal is my therapist, listening with all ears. We often tend to look at the surface of situations, but when I write I dig to the underlying problem. I wish I could write out my thoughts as well as you do! You truly have a gift. Hope you have a happy Sunday tomorrow! Isn’t it funny how soggy weather can bring out underlying emotions in us? Today was cool & cloudy, my definition of a perfect day if it had some downpour! Anyway, I was journaling about some frustration I’m having with a friend…It’s SO true that you need to let your emotions run its course. After I took out everything I had inside me from my pen onto paper, I saw the big picture. If I had not done so, and didn’t embrace my inner, deep emotions, I would not reached my next set of emotions! My journal is my therapist, listening with all ears. We often tend to look at the surface of situations, but when I write I dig to the underlying problem.
I wish I could write out my thoughts as well as you do! You truly have a gift. Hope you have a happy Sunday tomorrow!

]]> By: Masa Song http://www.letterlover.net/2009/01/22/the-pursuit-of-happiness/#comment-8732 Masa Song Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:39:52 +0000 http://www.letterlover.net/2009/01/22/the-pursuit-of-happiness/#comment-8732 Towards the end of the article, there was a little snippet that I felt resonated with your past blog entries: "Happiness is embracing your natural coping style." After reading this blog entry as well as the previous entry, it dawned on me that you shared two examples demonstrating just that. In the last blog, you elaborated on setting low expectations to prepare your mindset in anticipation of a rejection. In this blog, you discussed the importance of experiencing a full range of emotions to experience prolonged periods of happiness. I admire your ability to develop and embrace your coping style. In the past 6+ months, I'm glad that you turned me to journaling as a tool to explore my identity. It's a start, but I feel that I still have a long ways to go in my attempt to "dig into my mushy emotions." I take it that there has been a lot of endurance "workout" sessions for your heart to have the ability to set a deadline for loneliness. When my friend from grade school happened to be in town on a business trip, he referred to workouts as a time to repent. I think I still have light years of repenting to catch up to achieve your level of discipline. After reading "the greatest hits" of achieving happiness, I thought that you served as a tangible role model of someone who already applies many of these principles to achieve happiness, and openly shares it with others. You're so radiant and infecting people with happiness. See? You do have an innate ability to guide others to happiness. Thank you for sharing so many valuable life lessons. I feel like I still have so much more to learn from you to shape into a better person each day. Towards the end of the article, there was a little snippet that I felt resonated with your past blog entries:

“Happiness is embracing your natural coping style.”

After reading this blog entry as well as the previous entry, it dawned on me that you shared two examples demonstrating just that. In the last blog, you elaborated on setting low expectations to prepare your mindset in anticipation of a rejection. In this blog, you discussed the importance of experiencing a full range of emotions to experience prolonged periods of happiness. I admire your ability to develop and embrace your coping style. In the past 6+ months, I’m glad that you turned me to journaling as a tool to explore my identity. It’s a start, but I feel that I still have a long ways to go in my attempt to “dig into my mushy emotions.” I take it that there has been a lot of endurance “workout” sessions for your heart to have the ability to set a deadline for loneliness. When my friend from grade school happened to be in town on a business trip, he referred to workouts as a time to repent. I think I still have light years of repenting to catch up to achieve your level of discipline.

After reading “the greatest hits” of achieving happiness, I thought that you served as a tangible role model of someone who already applies many of these principles to achieve happiness, and openly shares it with others. You’re so radiant and infecting people with happiness. See? You do have an innate ability to guide others to happiness. Thank you for sharing so many valuable life lessons. I feel like I still have so much more to learn from you to shape into a better person each day.

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