We Have All Experienced Times When, Instead

..such Practices And Beliefs, Which Interfere With Happiness, Are Neither Inevitable Nor Necessary; They Evolved By Chance, As A Result Of Random Responses To Accidental Conditions. But Once They Become Part Of The Norms And Habits Of A Culture, People Assume That This Is How Things Must Be; They Come To Believe They Have No Other Options.

As Long As We Respond Predictably To What Feels Good And What Feels Bad, It Is Easy For Others To Exploit Our Preferences For Their Own Ends.

It Is When We Act Freely, For The Sake Of The Action Itself Rather Than For Ulterior Motives, That We Learn To Become More Than What We Were. When We Choose A Goal And Invest Ourselves In It To The Limits Of Concentration, Whatever We Do Will Be Enjoyable. And Once We Have Tasted This Joy, We Will Redouble Our Efforts To Taste It Again. This Is The Way The Self Grows.

Jane Fonda, Who Divided Her Life Into Three Acts, Decided After Her Sixtieth Birthday That She Was Now Facing The Final Act, And Came To The Following Conclusion: "i Thought To Myself, Well If That's The Case And If What I'm Scared Of Isn't Death, But Getting To The End With Regrets, Then I've Got To Figure Out What Would Be The Things That I Would Regret When I Got To The Last Act If I Hadn't Done Them Or Achieved Them By Then. And They Were: Having An Intimate Relationship And Having Made A Difference."

And, In Fact, You Can Find That The Lack Of Basic Resources, Material Resources, Contributes To Unhappiness, But The Increase In Material Resources Do Not Increase Happiness.