Reading the news, one can easily feel disappointed. Even in places where things are supposed to be getting better--where the economies are good and unemployment is low--tragedies strike, poor judgments are made, dangerous social trends arise, and so on. And in places where conditions are bad,things sometimes either do not improve or get considerably worse. It's easy to think, when do we get to that place of no problems? How many more do we have to surmount until we're happy? When is that day coming?
Of course, problems are part of life. Old problems are replaced by new ones in a never-ending succession. The surest way to be disappointed is to imagine that there will be a place and time without problems. Happiness isn't to be found in unrealistic hopes. It's to be found in choosing to be happy in spite of the ever-presence of problems, and in not letting problems cause you to act unvirtuously.
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