Woke to this podcast on BBC 4 this morning, uncharacteristically "positive" and un-ironic for a British production. They were saying it's okay to be happy even as "earth burns," since (by analogy) you can't help other passengers on a doomed flight 'til you've donned your own oxygen mask. Wonder if they were, as the Brits say, "having us on"?
Recently we’ve had an opportunity to survey the world we’ve created and the society we’re all a part of and ask ourselves: is this what makes me happy? And what is happiness anyway? ...https://wellcomecollection.org/series/YQwZHhEAACEAnvPK
That’s an interesting analogy I suppose. I’ve heard very similar advice many times before. All culminate in the message “you cannot help others be happy until you yourself understand happiness.” I mean, it’s somewhat of a slap-in-the-face, obvious proposition, but one that I know I’ve forgotten a few times within the moment. Just don’t let yourself become too focused on yourself to the detriment of those around you.
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