A feel good thing need not be good!

If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
William James

By nature we like pleasure and avoid pain. Choosing to feel good will give us pleasure.
There are many things you can do to feel good. There are also things others do to make you feel good. But just because it makes you feel good, it need not do good for you!

Consider the following situations:
•    You feel depressed and take alcohol and you feel good!
•    You commit a mistake and others do not point out the same to please you and you feel good!
•    You are not working hard enough, and people feel embarrassed to correct you, and you feel good!
•    You yell at people who cannot retort due to your position in life, and you feel good!
•    You have no discipline and act the way you want and, and people do not correct you. You feel good!
•    You over eat and feel good!
•    You are overweight and skip morning jogging and feel good!
Now, honestly reflect if the above feel good factors will really do good for you! The other alternative is not to feel good and face the reality.
Isn’t it wise to avoid feel good things if they are not good for you?

NC Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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