Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.
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Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Happiness comes more from the journey toward goals than from reaching them.
Albert Ellis suggests that the essence of happiness lies in the pursuit of goals rather than the achievement of them. Human nature is such that we constantly seek new challenges and endeavors, driving us to find joy in the process of striving rather than in the end results, highlighting the importance of embracing the journey of growth and ambition.
Themes
HappinessGoalsPursuitEndeavorJourney
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about setting personal goals.
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