Conditional happiness is exactly as its name implies. It's happiness as long as the conditions are right. It's happiness as long as you're not sick. It's happiness as long as you're not fighting with your spouse. It's happiness as long as you're not in debt. It's happiness as long as your flight isn't delayed. It's happiness as long as you're not underperforming at work. It's happiness as long as nobody is mad at you.

Conditional happiness is exhausting. It's exhausting because you must constantly be in control of the conditions in your environment in order to be happy.

Eventually, happiness must become a choice. It must be a choice that you make on the best of days and the worst of days; on the days when the universe is in total alignment and on the days when hell has opened its gates and unleashed a shitstorm of misfortune.

Until you remove the conditions surrounding your happiness, you will never be happy. Not truly.

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