Can you be happy but still dissatisfied?
Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai|December 10, 2024
SATISFACTION IS EXPERIENCED AS ENDURING HAPPINESS, HAS COMPONENTS OF GRATITUDE, ACCEPTANCE AND GRACE
Sonali Gupta

I was catching up with a friend after a gap of a few months and he asked me a couple of seemingly simple questions: ‘How have you been doing? Do you feel happy?’ And then, even before I could answer, he stated: ‘Happiness can be fleeting; it comes and goes; it’s satisfaction that counts, doesn’t it?’

His statement stayed with me as a reminder of how we keep falling into the trap of chasing happiness— flitting and rapidly moving from one goal to another. In the process, though we often forget to ask ourselves, ‘Are we satisfied?’

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