I think that's the biggest one of all , that's why we spent so much of our lives trying to improve circumstances , conditions , relationships and it's not that you shouldn't do those things it's just that that's the long scenic indirect path to happiness and ultimately happiness is not outside of you in the future . Probably the greatest myth or misconception around happiness . Happiness is something that exists now here inside of you , right ?
And so you're absolutely right about that . I think that's another myth and misconception that happiness is excitement or that it's anticipation or that it's um pleasure . You know , it may include all those things in moments , but happiness is something that's so much deeper , more meaningful , more lasting and more abiding and it feels more like a life piece .
So that's probably the biggest misconception . You know , another misconception I think lots of us have is that , you know , happiness is a state of mind and I don't always go fully there in the book and happiness from the inside . I only just touch on it , but ultimately , happiness isn't even a state of mind .
So I was just like , oh my God , everything about this , like if you go through the book , I'm pretty sure the point of highlighting is to like point out certain things , but I have like pages . Um OK , so something I would love to ask is what are the biggest misconceptions that people have about happiness ? Yeah .
I mean , boy , that was really poignant Sarah and um profound everything you shared there . I would say that every case of unhappiness is a case of mistaken identity , right ? And so we mistake who we are for a body and for a mind and we have a body , but we're not our body , we have a mind , but we're not our mind .
