This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It feels good to be productive.
Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
I'm a happy and productive person. I'm very fortunate; I was born with happy genes. I've got a lot of energy.
What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.
I'm not 100% nice all the time, so I find it quite hard to be really pleasant.
To be a pleasant person, you would at least need to see the point of being a pleasant person, or have it explained to you at some sort of 'finishing school' where you could actually learn the laws of propriety and the skills of appearing well-adapted, easygoing and attractively trouble free. But where do you learn these things? I don't know.
There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
Well, I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice.
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