The following is the truth about happiness summarized by the male protagonist on the journey. 1. Making comparisons can spoil your happiness. People who always like to make comparisons can't feel happiness. 2. A lot of people think happiness means being richer or more important. 3. Many people only see happiness in the future. Many people only see happiness in the future. 4. Happiness could be the freedom to love more than one woman at the same time. Happiness could be the freedom to love more than one woman at the same time. (Later he crossed it out) 5.Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story. Happiness sometimes comes from deception. 6.Avoiding unhappiness...is not the way to happiness. Avoiding misfortune does not mean happiness. 7.Does this person bring you predominantly A) up or B) down? What does this person bring you predominantly? Still painful? 8. Happiness is answering your call. Happiness is loyal to your vocation. 9. Happiness is being loved for who you are. Happiness is being loved for who you are. 10. Sweet potato stew! Eat a big pot of stewed potatoes! 11. Fear is an impediment to happiness. Fear is an impediment to happiness. 12. Happiness is feeling completely alive. Happiness is to be alive. 13. Happiness is knowing how to celebrate. Happiness is knowing how to revel. 14.Listening is loving. Listening is loving. 15. Nostalgia is not what it used to be. Nostalgia does not mean going back to the past.
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