blahblahblah

Why does saying bad things about other people make us feel better? It shouldn't, its not good for you in the long run because you regret it or they find out or it isn't true. And it doesn't help, its like an addiction, smoking for the quick hit then feeling awful as you stub it out and try to wash the reek from your fingers. It's like, to feel good about yourself, you can place yourself in a better position than someone else; them being crap highlights how good you are. Maybe that's why we have religion; it gives you a standardised norm to compare yourself with to see how your doing, except it doesn't work. How else can we know how happy we are? There are so many factors: friendships, family life, money, work, health, nice shiny new things...... When you get one sorted, another one pops up. That's what drugs do, let you just think about your immediate happiness, same with meditation I guess. But you can't be on drugs all the time, and you can't
really meditate all the time, so it all has to fit in with the things to do and the responsibilities and tiredness blahblahblah.