According to Aristotle – the answer should be NO.
My favorite philosopher buddy Aristotle says true happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you’re having is immediate gratification pleasure – which is fleeting and doesnt grow you as a person.
In a way the above scenario is a description of someone who does crack or drinks into oblivion.
At the time it feels like you’re avoiding pain and seeking bliss – but in longterm you’re NOT really enjoying real life — with life’s inevitable ebbs and flows which give you needed insights and exciting experiences which grow you and let you know more about who you are and what you love and who you truly love!
Aristotle has a wonderful quote related to this topic:
“We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.”
Translation: I think what Aristotle was saying is that life has ebbs and flows. There’s no such thing as endless flow. Unfortunately life can sometimes feel like ebb, ebb, ebb, brief-flash-of-flow, more ebb, ebb, ebb. But every ebb always offers the opportunity to think a new thought flavor and feel a new emotion flavor. The more varied the flavors of life you get to taste, the more interesting, layered, educated, self-developed, world-experienced and mightier You will be!
I write about this topic in more detail in my new book PRINCE HARMING SYNDROME.
A TIP FROM PRINCE HARMING SYNDROME FOR DEALING WITH LIFE’S INEVITABLE EBBS: You must remind yourself how it’s always your choice. You can be miserable. Or you can motivate yourself to stretch your mind—and seek out better interpretations for your love disappointments – and even love break ups!
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