Happiness
B.I.G. Lyrics
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Oh, give me happiness, satisfaction just gets in the way
Ah, my happiness, it's so easy to stray
In the pursuit of happiness, but I keep searching, come what may
For my happiness
They don't love you like you think they do
Nobody loves you the way you want them to
How can they love you if you don't love you too?
Happiness, keep on searching for
Happiness, keep on searching for
Happiness, keep on searching for
Happiness
Give me peacefulness over war any day
Oh give me graciousness but things don't go my way
No more deceitfulness, I've had more than I can take
Oh, so much hatefulness, when will this world give me a break?
From the hatefulness
They don't love you like you think they do
Nobody loves you the way you want them to
They say they love you, but how can that be true?
How can they love you if you don't love you too?
Happiness, keep on searching for
Happiness, keep on searching for
Happiness, keep on searching for
Happiness
Give me loneliness over something that ain't worth the pain (keep on searching for)
(Keep on searching for)
Don't give me hopelessness
That ain't something I think I could take, oh (keep on searching for)
(Keep on searching for)
I want happiness (happiness) but there's a price to pay (happiness)
For my happiness (happiness) sacrifices must be made (happiness)
For my happiness
They don't love you like you think they do
Nobody loves you the way you want them to
They say they love you, but how can that be true?
How can they love you if you don't love you too?
(They don't know you like you think they do) keep on searching for
(Nobody loves you the way you want them to) keep on searching for
(They say they love you, but how can that be true) keep on searching for
(How can they love you if you don't love you too?)
In "Happiness," B.I.G. asserts that he prioritizes happiness over temptation, satisfaction, and other illusions of happiness. He acknowledges that it is easy to stray in the pursuit of happiness, but he keeps searching no matter what. B.I.G. touches on the theme of self-love in the song, citing that nobody can love you the way you want them to if you don't love yourself. He implores listeners to keep searching for happiness in various forms like peacefulness, graciousness, and loneliness, while avoiding deceitfulness and hatefulness. B.I.G. believes that sacrifices must be made for the attainment of happiness.
The song serves as a realistic testament to the deep human desire to find happiness amidst life's struggles. It is a reminder that one must stay true to themselves, love themselves, and make necessary sacrifices for inner happiness. B.I.G.'s "Happiness" also questions the validity of certain societal standards of happiness and promotes the value of self-discovery.
Line by Line Meaning
Give me happiness over temptation any day
I prefer happiness over giving in to temptation
Oh, give me happiness, satisfaction just gets in the way
I'd rather have happiness than satisfaction, which often keeps me from what truly makes me happy
Ah, my happiness, it's so easy to stray
It's easy to be tempted away from happiness
In the pursuit of happiness, but I keep searching, come what may
Despite difficulties, I keep searching for happiness
For my happiness
My goal is to be happy
They don't love you like you think they do
Others may not love you the way you expect or want them to
Nobody loves you the way you want them to
It's impossible for others to meet all of our loving expectations
They say they love you, but how can that be true?
Love can be hard to trust or fully believe in
How can they love you if you don't love you too?
It's important to love yourself in order to fully experience love from others
Give me peacefulness over war any day
I prefer peace over conflict
Oh give me graciousness but things don't go my way
I'd rather show kindness even when things are difficult
No more deceitfulness, I've had more than I can take
I'm tired of lies and dishonesty
Oh, so much hatefulness, when will this world give me a break?
There's too much negativity in the world and it's overwhelming
From the hatefulness
I want to escape from the hate in the world
Give me loneliness over something that ain't worth the pain (keep on searching for)
I'd rather be alone than deal with something that causes unnecessary pain
(Keep on searching for) Don't give me hopelessness, That ain't something I think I could take, oh
I don't want to feel hopeless and I'll keep searching for happiness
I want happiness (happiness) but there's a price to pay (happiness)
I know that there may be sacrifices I need to make in order to be happy
For my happiness (happiness) sacrifices must be made (happiness)
I'm willing to make sacrifices for the sake of my happiness
(They don't know you like you think they do) keep on searching for
Other people may not fully understand me, so I'll keep searching for happiness
(Nobody loves you the way you want them to) keep on searching for
It's important to keep searching for love and happiness regardless of others' feelings
(They say they love you, but how can that be true) keep on searching for
I won't stop searching for love and happiness despite doubts and uncertainty
(How can they love you if you don't love you too?)
Self-love is vital for experiencing love from others.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew, Kieron Mcintosh
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
PeaceKeeperMoe
Antifragility is resilience 2.0
Pursue happiness indirectly via SPIRE:
SPIRE Model:
Spiritual - Finding sense of meaning and purpose in life
Physical - Eliminate stress from your life - lack of recovery
Intellectual - Deeply engaging with material - books, art, nature...
Relational - Quality of relationships and time spent together
Emotional - Embrace painful emotions & practise gratitude
Happiness is wholebeing - practising SPIRE above
Happiness is a lifelong journey
Make the best out of bad situations
Chipwhitley274
@Slingshot Chicken ,
"The first Truth is 'All is suffering.' First of all, as a belief it’s false because suffering is a comparative term and comparative terms can’t be extended to everything. 'It’d be like saying everything is tall.' It really means something more like 'All is threatened by'.
Suffering now means something like ‘pain’ or ‘distress’ but that’s not really what the word originally (or etymologically) means. Suffering means ‘to undergo.’ To lose agency. So you can actually suffer joy — experience so much joy you lose control of yourself. (Pain is certainly one common way of losing agency — it’s very disruptive, usually preceded by damage — which is probably why our current sense of the word aligns more to that example.) So the Buddha isn’t saying 'everything is painful.'
Most of the Buddha’s metaphors aren’t pain metaphors they’re entrapment metaphors. Being fettered. Losing your freedom. Losing your agency.
The Buddha has famously said: 'Just like wherever you dip into the ocean it has one taste, the taste of salt, no matter where you dip into my teaching it has one taste, the taste of freedom.' So with this Truth he’s saying something more like: 'realize that all of your life is threatened with the loss of freedom, the loss of agency.' The word for this type of loss is dukkha."
- John Vervaeke,
Ep. 13 — Buddhism and Parasitic Processing
Chipwhitley274
@Moumin Ali ,
Look up John Vervaeke's work. In particular, his series "Awakening From the Meaning Crisis" discusses Buddhism throughout, but two episodes in particular that he dedicates to it...
Episodes 8
The Buddha and "Mindfulness"
Episode 13
Buddhism and Parasitic Processing
Chipwhitley274
@David Wexler ,
"The first Truth is 'All is suffering.' First of all, as a belief it’s false because suffering is a comparative term and comparative terms can’t be extended to everything. 'It’d be like saying everything is tall.' It really means something more like 'All is threatened by'.
Suffering now means something like ‘pain’ or ‘distress’ but that’s not really what the word originally (or etymologically) means. Suffering means ‘to undergo.’ To lose agency. So you can actually suffer joy — experience so much joy you lose control of yourself. (Pain is certainly one common way of losing agency — it’s very disruptive, usually preceded by damage — which is probably why our current sense of the word aligns more to that example.) So the Buddha isn’t saying 'everything is painful.'
Most of the Buddha’s metaphors aren’t pain metaphors they’re entrapment metaphors. Being fettered. Losing your freedom. Losing your agency.
The Buddha has famously said: 'Just like wherever you dip into the ocean it has one taste, the taste of salt, no matter where you dip into my teaching it has one taste, the taste of freedom.' So with this Truth he’s saying something more like: 'realize that all of your life is threatened with the loss of freedom, the loss of agency.' The word for this type of loss is dukkha."
- John Vervaeke,
Ep. 13 — Buddhism and Parasitic Processing
Chipwhitley274
@eminayiden ,
"The first Truth is 'All is suffering.' First of all, as a belief it’s false because suffering is a comparative term and comparative terms can’t be extended to everything. 'It’d be like saying everything is tall.' It really means something more like 'All is threatened by'.
Suffering now means something like ‘pain’ or ‘distress’ but that’s not really what the word originally (or etymologically) means. Suffering means ‘to undergo.’ To lose agency. So you can actually suffer joy — experience so much joy you lose control of yourself. (Pain is certainly one common way of losing agency — it’s very disruptive, usually preceded by damage — which is probably why our current sense of the word aligns more to that example.) So the Buddha isn’t saying 'everything is painful.'
Most of the Buddha’s metaphors aren’t pain metaphors they’re entrapment metaphors. Being fettered. Losing your freedom. Losing your agency.
The Buddha has famously said: 'Just like wherever you dip into the ocean it has one taste, the taste of salt, no matter where you dip into my teaching it has one taste, the taste of freedom.' So with this Truth he’s saying something more like: 'realize that all of your life is threatened with the loss of freedom, the loss of agency.' The word for this type of loss is dukkha."
- John Vervaeke,
Ep. 13 — Buddhism and Parasitic Processing
Chipwhitley274
@TheSkystrider ,
We do not determine The Way... we do dictate the revelation of relevance... God is the source of that revelation which goes deeper than your subconscious...
Religio... the mythos... the symbols, the ritual... is psychotechnology that let's you activate, articulate, appreciate, accelerate... the process of transcending the meaning crisis.
It is ineffable... it is the infinite possibilities that overehelm... until... the unknowable... reveals what is relevant out of the infinite possibilities... cultivating your trancendant growth...
The cognative interaction of problem solving to achieve fittedness... what is relevant cannot be defined... but the evolution or the realization of relevance can have a theory...
Fittedness... Relevance... is guided... and the undefinable Relevance, and fitting to what is relevant... all are of God... God is the unfefineable essence...
Relevance Realization is...
Sub propositional
Sub conceptual
Sub egoic
Sub conscious
Fundamental grounding
Relevance Realization Religio, the sense of pre egoic binding that grounds the self and its world together.
The way that can be spoken of is not The Way.
You are not the Light that shines on your path... you cannot find your path without the Light.
Big Think
What ways can you think of to become antifragile?
Alan Nguyen
gratitude, I am grateful for failure, for making mistakes, for being rejected, You can't be antifragile if you don't love pain, suffering and embarassment.
Nebster
Doing what I want to do rather than just thinking of it all the time. Not getting stuck in the planning phase forever. I think it would make me a lot happier :) and help me to be comfortable with getting out of my comfort zone.
Leif
@Rob Tallon I don't see any way to do that unless you are masochistic..fuck pain I have had way too much of it..this life has taken too much from me for me to be as happy as free as when I was a child..and whatever other happiness is meager and unacceptable compared to that..
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malakfaiyaz
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Kaya Hardin
I WAS LOOKING FOR THESE LMAOOOOOO
글러리
People, do you always click on videos cuz of some words that were in songs?..
guldana kengesbaeva
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Nebster
ahahahaah