On Mon, 2016-05-30 at 13:58 +0200, Marko Cupać wrote: > On Sat, 28 May 2016 20:24:00 +0800 > Teng Zhang <unixrea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I can't adjust the time for OpenBSD and my life appropriately. Could > > you please share your experience with me about how you adjust your > > time between OpenBSD and your life. > > thanks for any reply. > > > > Strange, when you put it that way it looks like there are two opposed > things: OpenBSD and Life. OpenBSD _is_ life, or at least part of life. > If you feel otherwise I guess you need an acid trip, or some other way > of achieving spiritual discovery ;) > -- > Before enlightenment - chop wood, draw water. > After enlightenment - chop wood, draw water. >
The wisdom of philosophy, with which science seems to be concurring nowadays: “all acts have for their basic purpose the attainment of happiness ... All humans by nature seek happiness, or what they believe to be the best possible life for humans ... It is not within our power to seek anything else” Robert Almeder on Aristotle, ‘Human Happiness and Morality’ (2000), p. 152 "The fear programme is obviously designed to get us away from things that are likely to harm us. If we had to make an analogous claim about the purpose of the happiness system, we would be most likely to say that it is there to keep us moving towards things that are likely to be good for us in some appropriate biological sense--mating, good food, pleasant environment--and away from things that are bad for us." Daniel Nettle, ‘Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile’ (2005), p. 38 Taking the plunge, or diving in, it can sometimes take a few moments to get the big picture of you life back into perspective when resurfacing. Lorenzo S. Littles, in The Happiness Handbook (1993) has a routine that he drills into the reader throughout the book: [ ] THINK - “tomorrow’s happiness and contentment” (p . 28) [ ] FOCUS - ... [ ] VISUALISE - “today’s plans and actions [that] will create tomorrow’s happiness and contentment.” (p . 28), “put together a plan, step by step” (p. 20) (quoting from Littles also, on the topic of visualisation, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein (p. 17)) Notes Re. the actual Aristotle quote on happiness, 'Greek/translation' http://en.allexperts.com/q/Greek-2004/2010/2/translation-38.htm For an informal 'non-scientific' introduction to the science of happiness I would suggest The Nature Of Happiness, Desmond Morris (2004) (can usually be picked up online for a few pence from a second hand bookshop).
