Are feelings superfluous? Useless? Feelings of sadness, happiness, loneliness, togetherness? Feelings don't accomplish anything if you don't do anything with that feeling of yours. What can you do with anger? If you don't want to be too destructive, the only thing you can do is simmer inside and raise your blood pressure.

How about happiness? Happiness gives one a feeling of well-being and makes one feel good. That's why so many people seek happiness as their meaning in life. But what can happiness do except to make one feel good at a moment in time? Happines is addictive, but when that feeling of euphoria fades, the feeling after that may be neutral, or it may dip to a low. Some might argue that happiness may lengthen one's life and blah blah blah. Lower blood pressure, increase the supply of good hormones/chemicals etc. So what? If you want to live longer, just eat more vegetables and exercise more often. The happiness factor to a longer life is not exactly very substantial.

A feeling of togetherness or community will fade over time if you don't keep in contact with your group. Whatever group. So it's as if it never existed.

Sadness experienced the night before might seem foolish after you wake up from a good night's sleep.

However, we are still...human. (So cliche). It's impossible not to have feelings at least once in a while. If not anger, then delight. Ambivalence, resignation, confusion, concern, arrogance, detachment, jovial, dejection (a little help from the green booklet):P Feelings are subjective. They may make sense, or they may not. But they come, and they go. Most of the time, they're not permanent. They don't accomplish anything except to make one feel more human.

What did I accomplish by writing this out? Nothing... I can think of, except to add some noise to this quiet place. There is no conclusion, just because I'm too lazy to think of one at the moment. It's easy to say that we should not be controlled by our feelings. It's also easier said than done.

Switchfoot - Happy is a yuppie word

Everyone dies
Everyone loves a fight
Nothing is sound
Nothing is right side right
Evening comes, when the sun goes down in red
Nothing is cool
When will all the fighting end
When will all the fighting end

Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
It's empty as an argument
I'm running down a life that won't cash out (cash out)

Everything fails
Everything runs it's course
A time and a place, for all of this loving war
Everyone buys, everyone's gotta price, and nothing is new
When will all the failures rise
When will all the failures rise, rise!

Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
It's empty as an argument
I'm running down a life that won't cash out

Happy is a yuppie word
Blessed is the man who's lost it all
Happy is a yuppie word (word)

Looking for an orphanage
I'm looking for a bridge I can't burn down
I don't believe the emptiness
I'm looking for the kingdom coming down
Everything is meaningless
I want more than simple cash can buy
Happy is a yuppie word
Happy is a yuppie word
Happy is a yuppie word
Happy is a yuppie,

Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is sound

Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
Happy is a yuppy word (word)

So calm down, yeah!
So calm down, yeah!
So calm down, yeah!

(complains about english)