Emotion is a part of nature. They run the gamut of our lives – from survival instincts, to …survival instincts. Perhaps one state of emotion that we as humans strive towards is happiness. You can argue with this one, and say “No, no, I strive towards calmness or inner-peace,” or “I don’t care about happiness because it’s relative.” Regardless, I asked myself “What makes us happy? *hands microphone to Daniel Gilbert*
My greatest self-realization from this video is the following quote, because although it seems to suggest ignorance is bliss, it also suggests that one is capable of being beyond omnipotent if one realizes it:
“I am the happiest (wo)man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty to riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Achilles, fortune hath not one place to hit me.”
~Thomas Browne, Relegio Media (1642)
