In all of its uncertainty, toughness AND beauty as well as rewards? Whether in families, educational establishments, by law, morality, religion and whatnot?
And if yes or no - then why?
And what, if anything, do you think about it all, cheers. :)
No, people are not taught this growing up. Because people are raised and taught by people who are miserable, stressed, and overwhelmed with impossible responsibilities - that is, parents and teachers.
shareI was taught to enjoy my childhood by many people I knew. And I did.
A teacher once discussed enjoying life and there are many famous sayings about "taking time to smell the roses" and "live life to the fullest".
I look up to the actor William Shatner because it's obvious that's the philosophy he follows.
I think most people are too busy, fearful or struggling to enjoy life.
Good point. Like on vacation, sometimes people are checking off locations instead of enjoying what's meant to be a holiday.
By the way, do stuff like movies, music, games, delicious food in here help?
shareHave you moved out of your parents place yet?
Serious question.
brains evolved to keep us alive.
they didn't evolve to make us happy.
being something close to vaguely dissatisfied with your current lot but potentially hopeful there's something better coming is probably close to our neutral default state.
i'm not sure anyone can be taught to be happy.
the best you can probably do as a parent is raise a successful person. & not successful in a financial way or anything silly like that. just in the sense that you get them set up with enough emotional tools to navigate life the way a normal person can.
i think people in rich countries worry about themselves way too much. i'm not sure if that's anything that can be changed, because i think it's part of human nature to always believe that someone where we are right now is somehow awful, even though we have the best lives anyone anywhere has ever lived. an average american has a life that only a king could have had in the past, and that king would have shit himself to get a tenth of the luxury we have.
but if there's one thing i could say to the world, it's that you should spend way more time appreciating how stupidly lucky you are. there's a lot of talk about privilege about these days, and i think it's mostly pointless. but if there is a privilege, a true privilege, it's the privilege we all have of living in a time and place where we don't have to worry about calories or clean water or clothes or freezing.
if people can't appreciate that, and i suspect they can't, then i think getting them to appreciate anything might be a lost cause. but that leads me back to what i said at the top. being happy isn't integral to our being alive, necessarily. it might even work against it.
Good parents in a happy marriage can be a real lighthouse for the kids…I like the religion and morality thing, there is a great deal of value there…Also, I’m not a fan of hitting the kids, just explain what they did wrong and ALWAYS give them chores to do…Chores gets the Kiddos ready for real life
It would be simply awful to put lawless, criminal leeches on our society