“ Hector asked Agnès if she was happy. ‘I knew you’d ask me that and so I thought about it...

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Hector asked Agnès if she was happy.

‘I knew you’d ask me that and so I thought about it last night. I think I’m happy. I have a job I love, a husband I love, and children who are happy. In fact, all I want is for things to stay as they are. The only shadow on my happiness is when I tell myself sometimes that as it’s all going well, it can’t last, that one day things won’t be so good.’

‘You say: “I think I’m happy.” What allows you to say that? Is it comparing yourself to others?’

‘Not entirely. You can’t really know how other people experience happiness or misfortune. In fact, I’m comparing myself to myself! I think of other times in my life, and it feels like I’ve never been so happy.’

Hector found the idea of comparing yourself to yourself interesting. Comparisons can spoil your happiness (lesson no. 1), but they can also help you to tell yourself that you’re happy.
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