Thailand Won't Make You Happy

I agree. I love just listening to the sound of the ocean. My mother was the same way and she was raised by Navy people who also loved the ocean, so maybe there's something to the gene thing. Don't know, but I feel a sense of wellness, body and mind, near the ocean.

Maybe, but I wasn't talking about everything in the universe. just the bigger picture of what was making me happy or sad.

Not so. I understand everything that's going on in the universe, and I'm as happy as a pig in slop.


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I've given this a little thought.

Let's say that you literally meant "Universe".
Why would you be sad? Planets forming, suns igniting, galaxies colliding....you know..Big Stuff. Oh, and most of these things aren't alive...so why would we be happy or sad about anything that happens in the universe?

Four billion years ago, a planet collided with ours...to form Earth. So...bad for whoever lived on the planet...good for us. A meteor collided with Earth, and killed all the dinosaurs. A huge tragedy...but if it didn't happen, we wouldn't be here. Every element heavier than Helium.....was formed in an exploding star. The gold in your ring was only formed in Super Novas....Exploding Suns... Death creates as well as destroys.

A loved one dies, someone else is born. You lose a dollar, someone finds a dollar. You get a new job, someone else gets fired. You lose your job today, you get a better one tomorrow.

Maybe you are sad...today, because something happened to you...today. But even in an individual life, sometimes things go our way, sometimes not.

The more I learn and experience, the greyer I see the world. When something great happens, I know the effect wears off quickly. When tragedy happens, I know that tomorrow it will be better. And when something bad happens to me, I know that at the same time...something good is happening to someone else.

Every feeling is fleeting. Every sadness passes. And these things pass quickly. We have to sleep, and then we wake up, it's a new day..with a new set of challenges, and new things to learn.

Want to get rid of sadness? Be of service to someone else. It's impossible to be sad when you see someone happy because of your efforts.

Every person who said they were sad, was wrapped up in their own little problems, their own little world. You need to see beyond today..and beyond yourself.

I really talk like that.

Did the original poster say that environment didn't play a role? If it a matter of switching from one comfortable-enough environment to another one and someone still is uncomfortable in their own skin, wouldn't the problem likely be from within rather than external? As in all things, the solution to each individual's problems aren't one-size-fits all?