So where does your pursuit of happiness end? Does it have limits? Are we free to do whatever makes us happy? Do you ever consider another’s happiness?
We do have the right to pursue happiness, but not at the expense or unhappiness of others. You may ask how is that possible…if I’m happy how can it effect others?
Well think about these examples:
It may make a kleptomaniac happy to steal…but he’s effecting the happiness of the shop owner.
It may make a pyromaniac happy to start fires…but he breaks the law starting fires as an arsonist.
It may make a man happy to compete as a woman…but not at the expense of women athletes.
It may make a man happy to father 8 kids by different women he doesn’t support…but who suffers, the kids.
The list goes on & on…so to answer the opening questions:
Your pursuit of happiness ends when it negatively affects others. Happiness is boundless, but has limits contained in our laws. We are not free to do whatever makes us happy. That is a false utopia. We should always consider & put others ahead of ourselves.
If we simply consider others in our pursuits, if we are not selfish in our desire for happiness…happiness will expand…why…because the consideration of another's happiness in an unselfish pursuit of your own happiness…is called Love. 🐝
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