In his essay “Creating Our Own Happiness”, Wayne Coyne writes of his belief that happiness is not a situation to be longed for or a convergence of luckiness; rather, it is something a person can become through the power of their mind and the circumstances in which they’re actually living. According to Coyne, everyone has the power to make moments of happiness occur on their own.
I disagree with Coyne’s statement, for multiple reasons. Firstly, Coyne’s belief states that a person cannot find happiness through dreaming of a “happier” future. I think that without goals and motivations, there is no reason for happiness to exist along the way, unless life throws someone a surprise, resulting in an enjoyable outcome. Without dreams for happiness in the future, happiness will not appear in the present. Secondly, Coyne’s statement appears to assert that we can force happiness. This is irrational because when we force happiness, it is not true happiness—rather, it’s our minds requiring that we feel a certain way to react to a certain circumstance. Happiness is unexpected, and because of this we cannot hope to ever “make” ourselves happy.
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