
Book Discussion - The Courage to be Disliked
Not Overthinking
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Unhappiness Is Something That We Choose for Ourself
Happiness is something that we choose for ourselves. It's not because you were born into unhappy circumstances or ended up in an unhappy situation. Alli, athing in this wat, what the philosopher and what adler is saying is that when we're unhappy, it's because we want our circumstances to be different to what they actually are. And by good, he means beneficial. The story that yu're telli ourself, that you are unhappy, is why you are continuing to choose that particular framing o it am.
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