# Happiness (MOC) Created On: 03-29-2023 07:13 pm Up:: [[Life (MOC)]] Tags:: #map/nest --- >[!abstract] Salient Summary > - [[Love yourself]] > - Happiness is already within you: > - [[Happiness is found in every moment]] > - [[Happiness is the current journey you're on]] > - [[True happiness is to enjoy the present...]] > - [[True happiness is found internally, not externally]] > - Managing your [[Perception]] to [[Being fully present|be fully present]], which is the pathway to [[Being joyfully present]] by finding [[Happiness is found in every moment|happiness that exists in every moment]] > - To live out [[Intrinsic motivation]] and [[Altruism]] > - You don't seek happiness, you seek [[Purpose (MOC)|true purpose]] because happiness is already here > - Having an authentic sense of [[Humility]] and adopting [[A Socratic mindset]] #note/develop🏗️ ## Introduction We're all looking for it, but few *truly* ever find it early enough. ## Nested MOCs - [[Purpose (MOC)]] - [[Mindfulness (MOC)]] - [[Socratism (MOC)]] ## Loose Notes *These should be tossed here and cleaned up later* - [[Perception]] - [[Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.]] - [[Happiness is found in every moment]] - [[Happiness is derived from inner attitudes]] #note/tidy🧹 lit note - [[Happiness is the current journey you're on]] - [[True happiness is to enjoy the present...]] - [[True happiness is found internally, not externally]] - [[There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way]] #note/tidy🧹 lit note - [[Why motives matter]] - [[You have everything you need to be happy right now]] - [[Happiness equals reality minus expectations]] ## Related - [[Stoicism (MOC)]] - a pathway to managing our [[Perception]] and finding purpose and happiness in all things - [[Socratism (MOC)]] - through tools like the [[Socratic method]], we can instantiate an openness in mindset that enables us to live less [[Conforming vs Transforming|conformed and more transformed]]. - [[Laziness MOC]] - #note/develop🏗️ - [[Songs of my soul]] - [[Ignorance is bliss]] ## Literature Recommendations - [[Wherever You Go, There You Are (Book)]]