By Troy Headrick I’ve been writing about happiness recently.  This is the third (and final) installment in a series of pieces on this subject.  The …

Can Happiness Be Cultivated?

My Response to his write up on @pointlessoverthinking

I like the idea of the cultivation of happiness as a farmer does with his crops.

I have even started to toy with the analogy in real life and have started gardening . While gardening, it feels as if I’m working towards my happiness as well as improving my gardening skills.

Happiness for me, using the farming analogy is putting in the work to enable the crop to rise from nothingness to something favorable or me gaining a lesson in understanding soil types, ph levels of soil and water, the time of year and fertilizers.

I feel as if a good outcome is almost a must.

Here, my application of what is ‘good’ is whether a healthy crop seeps from the ground or the learning to be applied.

If the plant withers, then I’m left with some learning on how to improve my happiness levels.