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Mental Health Support

Tobin S.

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8. The thing I'm driving at is...

Reply to whathehell (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 7, 2018, 12:46 PM

Mar 2018

...that I think Americans have taken the pursuit of happiness as synonymous with the pursuit of wealth, and that's not where true happiness lies. It makes me satisfied to be able to pay my bills and have enough left over for retirement and recreation, but I know so many people who have all of that covered and who have much more than I do who are not truly happy. True happiness lies elsewhere. It is not contingent on wealth. Although when you live in a culture like America, where everybody has to keep constantly moving and producing, and where it is so expensive to live, money definitely can help to relieve suffering.

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Last night was an active night in the unconscious psyche of the Tobster. [View all] Tobin S. Mar 2018 OP

That's a Third World vs. the Developed World comparison, not whathehell Mar 2018 #1

Are you saying that the idea extends beyond America and Thailand? Tobin S. Mar 2018 #2

Huh? whathehell Mar 2018 #3

I was talking about cultural differences in the contexts of wealth and spirituality. Tobin S. Mar 2018 #4

I understand you now, but whathehell Mar 2018 #5

I'm not saying that all poor people are happy. Tobin S. Mar 2018 #6

I think I know what you're saying.. whathehell Mar 2018 #7

The thing I'm driving at is... Tobin S. Mar 2018 #8