People have many ways that they can be content with their lives, but what are your routes?
Here Are My Thoughts
It's easier to make a purpose & get what you want than to deal with your feelings & be at peace.
Both ways are meant to attain the same thing; happiness. Two different ways and one is judged upon and labelled as crazy. The other one is heroic.
Just a thought on two different routes to happiness Yus I personally think a mixture of both is the best option.
A state of no anxiety and removal of worry is the ultimate happiness. (Or is required to achieve ultimate happiness)
This can be achieved through a stoics approach as well; people mix a Epicureans idea with an idea from Stoicism.
Discernment
If you are unhappy it is your fault, if I call you a derogatory term you determine what I said was meant to make you unhappy thus you choose to be unhappy from it.
The thing about feelings is that you can't lie to yourself. It is true your perception of "abuse" ultimately determines whether or not you'll be happy, but keep in mind we are taught to react to different subjects. So truthfully it is not your fault, and once you internalise that you can set yourself free.
On the other hand, you can simply chase after the high's of goals and dreams. Like all the rappers and stars who "made it from nothing". Although I don't truly believe that.
Once you understand the unhappiness syllogism you become 'free' as you say, I agree utterly.
However, when I use the word 'fault' I don't mean it to sound like we use the word conventionally.
The only reason it is their fault is that they haven't been exposed to the philosophy, or haven't comprehended it and embraced it if you consider ignorance a fault.
I understand we're taught to react to different subjects but this only renders the fault mutual.
