It's a good thing the human body is made to forget physical discomfort quickly. Imagine if we always retained what it felt like to stub a toe or to get a paper cut. We wouldn't be able to function. Sadly, the converse holds true. We forget physical joys much too quickly also.

posted by The Wizard



What kinds of physical joys?

posted by Tin Man



Um. All kinds.

Aniwaise, like i was saying, i wonder if this is the case for mental joy and anguish too. Like we are built to remember happiness and sadness for only a short amount of time. I mean, the only reason we even remember being cold or hot or being in pain is because we say to ourselves, "wow, that really hurt back then." Is this the same sort of thing we do with mental anguish? Are we doomed to always be happy and unhappy in varying cycles? Or can we rise about our physical states to always be emotionally and mentally happy?

posted by The Wizard





I think it's possible to always be happy. Or to negate sadness at the very least. I don't think mental and physical states of being are necessarily connected. I think it's nature's defense mechanism for us to forget physical pain but mentally, we can be however we want to be.

posted by Tin Man



Well, if that's the case....why isn't everyone happy all the time?

posted by The Wizard



I dunno. Fear. War. Chaos. Hunger. Future. Death. Girls.

posted by Tin Man



But at the very least we have the potential to be happy all the time right?

posted by The Wizard



I'd have to say so. Good luck getting there though.