We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by...
We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by...
We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by...
We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by...
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Most of the time we do not look happy because we are not happy. It is easy to understand why, because our own unhappiness creates a negative impression of who we are and what we look like. But it is important to be selective about the kind of people we let affect our happiness. If someone is unfriendly towards you and tells you that you look unhappy, you can usually dismiss it as unimportant or even as an insult. What the person may mean is that you look unhappy at that moment because of what your emotions and reactions tell them about how you feel about yourself and your image.

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