What If Unhappiness Contains the Secret to Happiness?
Say the sun makes you happy, and one day you wake up to a cloudy day. Will you be unhappy? The sun didn&#x27;t impose happiness upon you, just like the clouds didn&#x27;t impose unhappiness. Your expectations and desires created your feelings, which respond to change. But you can choose what your expectations and desires are. And this means that you choose what creates happiness or unhappiness.<p>Rather than having an expectation, have no expectation. Don&#x27;t have an expectation, and you won&#x27;t be disappointed at a different outcome. Don&#x27;t have a desire, and you won&#x27;t be unhappy when it goes unfulfilled. Don&#x27;t expect the sun, and the clouds won&#x27;t make you sad. Don&#x27;t desire pleasure, and you won&#x27;t feel cheated when you receive none.<p>Aside from your feelings, you can of course change things in your life if you want to. You can right a wrong, improve your standing, paint your room green, move to a new city, whatever. But don&#x27;t do those things in order to chase a feeling of happiness; that&#x27;s a dog chasing its tail.