only two options remain

Happy people don't have to understand other people. Some call this total 

    freedom. 

To others it's ignorance, edging into sin—the source of all society's woes. 

 

But happy people don't need to listen to anyone. I am my own planet in a 

    solar system 

of neighboring planets similar enough to mine, all circling a divine sun. Perhaps 

    farther planets circle many more suns, but such mysterious things beyond 

    my control are no real concern of me and mine. 

 

And for a time all goes relatively well. Until war, once again, arises between 

    the happy and the unhappy people. The former try to convince the happy 

    people that they are not truly happy, only ignorant, selfish, indifferent. 

    But the happy people, far less conflicted and stressed, usually win. Unless 

    they allow themselves to become tainted and believe maybe they aren't 

    so happy, maybe they've been living a lie their whole lives at the expense 

    of others less happy than them.

 

Typically, then, only two options remain: to become deeply sad, or happier 

    than you've ever been! 

 

[Ed Bok Lee, 'Pathology of Happiness', from Mitochondrial Night]