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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 646308" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>To the point that is true (in fact people in many African countries report they are happier than people in many developed countries), but there is also the breaking point after which that is not true. When you are constantly in huge physical pain due for example illness, when you are literally starving, when you are tortured, when you live in constant fear (for example because of living in war zone or under terror), no, it is not about the state of mind any more. And unfortunately many people around the world have to live in those conditions.</p><p></p><p>Wealth doesn't have so much to do with happiness, not after certain point (after you have enough food and safety) at least and extremely wealthy can of course suffer greatly.</p><p></p><p>Most people, luckily, do get their share of happiness and suffering and only so little suffering that they find ways to deal with it. I'm one of those lucky ones to whom that is true, but I would find it rather pretentious to tell someone, who has had much worse luck in one way or another, that suffering is his or her own choosing and state of mind. That those ten years of daily torture and killing of your whole family you endured in that political prison camp, was not a reason to suffer. Or being forced a child prostitute or soldier. Or being a slave. or even just having a health condition that causes constant high grade pain and for example makes it almost impossible to even sleep and not being able to sleep more than hour at the time because of the pain for months. But I doubt, MWM, that you actually meant it like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 646308, member: 14557"] To the point that is true (in fact people in many African countries report they are happier than people in many developed countries), but there is also the breaking point after which that is not true. When you are constantly in huge physical pain due for example illness, when you are literally starving, when you are tortured, when you live in constant fear (for example because of living in war zone or under terror), no, it is not about the state of mind any more. And unfortunately many people around the world have to live in those conditions. Wealth doesn't have so much to do with happiness, not after certain point (after you have enough food and safety) at least and extremely wealthy can of course suffer greatly. Most people, luckily, do get their share of happiness and suffering and only so little suffering that they find ways to deal with it. I'm one of those lucky ones to whom that is true, but I would find it rather pretentious to tell someone, who has had much worse luck in one way or another, that suffering is his or her own choosing and state of mind. That those ten years of daily torture and killing of your whole family you endured in that political prison camp, was not a reason to suffer. Or being forced a child prostitute or soldier. Or being a slave. or even just having a health condition that causes constant high grade pain and for example makes it almost impossible to even sleep and not being able to sleep more than hour at the time because of the pain for months. But I doubt, MWM, that you actually meant it like that. [/QUOTE]
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