Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.
People are pursuing happiness, but they're pursuing things that will never, ever make them happy, and they don't know that. They've got a distorted view of what will make them happy, what happiness is, and it's based on what they see on television.
People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.
There are people who are unhappy with everything.
Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
While, in general, life satisfaction goes up with wealth, beyond the safety net more and more wealth brings very radically diminishing returns on life satisfaction.
Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money.