Waxing philosophical on the concept of the platitude "You deserve to be happy". I think everyone's had someone say that to them at some point...but does everyone really deserve to be happy? Theological views aside, what REASON is there that every person deserves to be happy? What qualifies that right? Is it just the fact that we are human, intelligent, capable of grasping the concept of happiness?
The best answer I've been able to come up with is this. You deserve to be as happy as you make others.
This balances out the universe. You deserve as much happiness as you put back into the world.
Of course, this doesn't address the fact that many who then SHOULD be much much happier often aren't.
So is this phrase just that? A phrase. Something people say to give others comfort because it requires no reasoning, no backing, no justification? It's a feel good, non obligation statement that can be thrown out without risk?
I'm just stuck on the concept of DO we really deserve to be happy?
