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Feeling Good Is Not What You Think It Is
The notion of feeling good is more about a sense of contentedness and purpose.
I think most people believe that feeling good is that upbeat, happy-go-lucky, smiley sensation that can be either charming or irritating in other people. Or maybe feeling good is the briefest of moments in an otherwise downer experience.
In either event, feeling food is equated with happiness. Trouble is, happiness in this respect also tends to be viewed as fleeting.
To quote Denis Leary,
“Happiness comes in small doses folks. It’s a cigarette butt, or a chocolate chip cookie or a five-second orgasm. You cum, you smoke the butt you eat the cookie you go to sleep wake up and go back to fucking work the next morning, THAT’S IT!”
Feeling good is not the same as this idea of happiness. It’s a far broader notion that is much more about feeling content and purposeful. It’s that sense of satisfaction that you are not just going with the flow and simply existing — but having an impact and control over your destiny.
