Roxanne Batty
Sep 6, 2018 · 1 min read

I wrote this piece recently about how the world does not owe you happiness, and I relate to what you’re saying here. We definitely seem to follow a similar thought pattern. However, recently, I started to see past the emotions of immediate joy/elation/excitement and started to feel this ever elusive thing that people describe as “happiness”. It started to settle within me, a “state” as you describe above. I can only really describe it as this very strong foundation that makes the rest of the tumultuous, day to day feelings/emotions easier to handle. Perhaps you could call it “contentment” (which somehow gets a bad rap these days, maybe because it sounds a bit boring).

“Many people think excitement is happiness…. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.” Thich Nhat Hanh

I have ups and downs but when I look across the past few years I would describe them as happy ones. I think getting older helped me a lot. Also eating better (I think your gut health has a lot to do with how happy you are. With all it’s neurons I see it as my second, simple brain ;) ).

But I very much accept that this could all change.

Thanks for the interesting article!

Roxanne Batty

Copywriter and writer. Lover of British comedy, discussing the weather and getting misty eyed over beautiful views. www.roxannebatty.com

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