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The Art of Baseless Happiness

About Finding Joy in Just Being

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Tobias (Writes KC☯)
Aug 23, 2024
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In the history of humanity, there have been many debates on what happiness is and what makes us truly happy. We’ve somehow overcomplicated this simple emotion.

Fast forward to today, it seems we’ve lost sight of what truly brings us joy.

We’ve been conditioned to believe happiness is something we earn.

…When you get that promotion, when you find the perfect partner, when you finally take that dream vacation or reach all your dreams and goals…

But think about kids. They don’t need a reason to be happy. They just are. They find joy in the simplest things — a cardboard box, a puddle, a stick they found on the ground.

Somewhere along the way, when we grew into society, we lost that. We started putting conditions and barriers on our happiness.

Our unconscious minds formed the belief: “I can only be happy when…” 

But maybe life wants to make a change now, so you can finally fly out of our cage. 

Do you want to make that change? Are you ready? 

Let’s dive deep and make the shift together:

So How Do We Break Free From This Cage We’ve Built Around Our Joy?

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