What you you guys think of this thought?

[Stephen23]

One of the biggest lesson I've learnt in life is that you choose how u feel...... You aren't sad because your life isn't going good right now your sad because u choose to be sad remember u can't control what happens with things outside your control but u can always choose how u react to it ..........if u wanna be happy then just look into yourself and u can be happy

 

[backseatjuan]

There are a lot of things in this life that can throw you off balance and affect your emotions, at which point not even your self control will be able to contain your emotions. I would modify your thesis like so; maturity comes with time and experience, I have no control over time, I can only control how much experience I gain.

 

[Crown]

Define choosing. Because choosing something can be done consciously and unconsciously

Your feeling depends on many factors, such as :
-Mood
-Health (if you're not sick)
-Hours of sleep (if you're not tired)
ect...

Even If you're the strongest man alive, if you're either sick or tired, you won't control your feelings

 

[RangerMIke]

The root cause of all negative emotion is expectation, and when things do not turn out the way you thought it would. The path to happiness is to take joy in the effort without assuming what may happen. Think of it this way... you are happy when you start a project... and as long as the project is going well, you remain happy... and of course when things turn out well. You become depressed and unhappy when your plans do not match your hopes.

Have goals because you need a means to determine if what you are doing is working, but never EXPECT anything will happen the way you want because there are just too many variables in that equation.

This is why the ancient Greek philosophers placed so much value on hope. Pandora closed the box before the pestilence that would have killed hope was released. Hope is the fuel in effort that creates happiness. But never allow hope to become expectation.

 

[backseatjuan]

The root cause of all negative emotion is expectation

Imagination creates expectation. Imagination is a detachment from reality and happens when reality isn't being fulfilled to its maximum potential.