No Thing Can Make You Happy. You Make It Happy.

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At some point in life, one comes to the realization that things do not have an intrinsic meaning or quality. Nothing is inherently good or bad. We may first learn this when we chase something we want and after failing enough times we give up and chase something else. We then remember the first thing we were chasing and recognize that that thing doesn’t matter as much anymore.