Unhappiness and Happiness

The distinction between being happy and being unhappy is extremely important.

Happiness is ephemeral and spontaneous, just like laughter. Being unhappy is an integral part of life and something we need to manage. This is what resilience is all about.

Being happy is an individual’s own spontaneous personal business.

Managing unhappiness is one of life’s more onerous tasks and something we all have to deal with from time to time. The hallmark of a mature person is the ability to handle unhappiness as it appears in all of our lives – life is like that.