Emotions

Do you know your own emotions?  Do you know what will make you happy?  How accurately do you think you could answer those questions?

Be careful!  You might not be as accurate as you think.

I've been re-reading a fascinating book by Daniel Gilbert...a book named Stumbling on Happiness. It makes a number of excellent and interesting points.  One I'll mention here is that when we choose something (a spouse, a car, a restaurant for tonight's dinner) we're guessing how happy that decision will make someone else.  The "someone else" is...the future you.