Happiness Hourglass
What if, we were each assigned an hourglass which kept track of our happiness.
When the emotion changed sides, so did the hourglass. When in pain, it inverts one side, when happy, it goes back. The emotions on a scale, ranging from escalated to contemplating death . The pace of transfer different for each emotions. The positives against the negatives.
And once empty, two things could happen. If it emptied fast, without the in-between emotions, like contentment, peace, we never got a chance to hold onto those feelings. The hourglass suspends, we become numb. Then, the pain, or the escalation, inverts it again, so that we may have a shot at experiencing the finer emotions, the emotions we choose to feel. Not the ones we’re forced to.
If the hourglass empties slowly, then we had time to learn to hold onto the in-betweens. The fights and the make ups, the failures and success. The hard work and just some raw luck.
We learn contentment.