I just read a book in one breath. I can say that it was over in one breath, but not in one breath. I will share the book at the end of the article.
But the book started with the following questions in its preface;
How many people are unhappy just because they believe they should be happy?
-What about all the people who are unhappy and have to deal with not only that, but also that the whole society seems ecstatic with happiness?
Don’t the unhappy feel left out when the seemingly happy insist on their happiness?
While it seems that there is not much room for unhappy people in this age we live in, people are worried about how we can look happy in their homes. In other words, lives like “Is”. There is no time to think about understanding the meaning of being happy because we are too busy with social media and virtual worlds. Happiness is important, but meaning is more important, says the book. So where is this meaning? How to find?
Unhappiness is as important as happiness, and meaning starts right here. But it appears to those who can accept and face unhappiness.
Being unhappy is much more difficult to deal with, to digest it, and to endure it; the heroic is such a life.
What did I do, what maybe I did wrong? What is important to me? Which people can I trust? What will be left of this life when I’m done and gone? What do I have to transfer? With such questions, a person can find meaning and determine a direction for himself.
In fact, unhappiness is not that scary, of course, when viewed from the right window. People waste their days without living a real life, disconnected from their selves, among false happiness.
A beautiful life does not necessarily mean a successful life. So why lock onto success and happiness?
How can people be preoccupied with personal instant happiness when the world is getting so bad? he asks in the book.. What is it that drives these people to sleep?
Working for the world and society can be what will take people to meaning. only “WE” consciousness will save us. Otherwise, we are in an order that will swallow even our children. As for order…
Recommended book: Being Unhappy / An Encouragement – Wilhelm Schmid
