"When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure."
-- (attributed to) Viktor E Frankl
Discussion
My Country's Declaration of Independence should have read: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of _Meaning_"
Meaning sure does carry more weight than Happiness. I think happiness already exists within, certainly not to be pursued but only activated.
Humans crave (need?) purpose
"At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as I get older, life is totally about losing everything" - Mike Tyson
There’s no need to chase
Life itself is a pleasure
Listen to your soul
#haiku