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Epicurus was a well-known philosopher of ancient Greece who was highly regarded for his pursuit of undisturbed tranquility and the idea of learning to live happily.
Many people feel that life is stressful, especially young people in the fast-paced life of contemporary cities, often feel that happiness is a very luxurious thing, today, we come to share the list of happiness prescribed by Epicurus.
The first element of a happy life: friendship.
Putting friendship first may come as a surprise to many people. Epicurus believed that the existence of friends allowed us to see ourselves more clearly and let them determine their existence.
We can see our friends as a mirror, and only through this external perspective can we see ourselves more realistically.
Unless someone sees us exist, we do not exist; Until someone can understand our words, it doesn't make sense for us to say anything; And often have friends around, we can confirm ourselves; Friends know me and care about me, which constitutes a force that keeps us from falling into insensitivity.
At the same time, since we are friends, we are often those who know our roots, they do not care about our appearance or social status, and they are the people who still choose to walk with me after fully understanding us.
For young people in the metropolis, those familiar relatives far away from home, the most understanding of their bitterness and happiness are the friends around them who can go crazy and noisy together.
Friends are the wealth of our lives.
The second element of a happy life: freedom.
For many people, freedom is too much of a luxury.
True freedom is not to live as one wishes, to do whatever one wants, but to try to get rid of complexity and embrace simplicity.
Epicurus and his friends, in order to pursue freedom, gave up their work in the Athenian business world and returned to a simple life, although they made less money, but they no longer had to face the criticism of others.
This freedom is more difficult for many people to implement. But there is also a kind of freedom that each of us can strive for, that is, not to live in the net woven by the ideas of others, and to strive to live according to our own understanding.
The third element of a happy life: thoughts.
Epicurus believed that thought was the antidote to anxiety.
Calm thinking and clear cognition can make our minds calm. Every day, whether at home or at work, we experience a lot of unexpected things, even some bad news beyond our control. And this kind of bad thing beyond our control, in addition to calmly coping, what is the meaning of anxiety, crying, and anger.
Even though we still know that life is difficult, we still have enough wisdom to understand and deal with the inescapable things in life that backfire.
Epicurus advises us that there is no point in pre-empting ourselves to disturb a realm that will never be experienced. You see, what a realistic, optimistic philosopher this is.
Epicurus gave only three elements of happiness. I added a fourth one myself, and that's health.
The friendship, freedom, and thought he proposes are beyond the flesh, and their existence can greatly expand our living space, we can travel the universe at the same time in the dark room, we can be in the cold winter but imagine the sun.
But, in the end, we can't completely jump out of our flesh. Because, after all, a happy life requires us to personally feel and experience with our hearts.
Treating this shell well is also the most basic respect for a happy life.
A happy life may be the goal of many of us in life, and we may be busy every day in order to be able to be happy and happy. So which of the above four points do you think are most important to your happy life? Or is there something else that you think is essential to a happy life?