Originally Posted By: DanF
...I'm still not sure that I understand why this is though. We are making the changes that they asked us to make because we love them and want them to be happy. Why is that a bad thing?


It is a bad thing because you are changing for someone else and not for you.

It is a bad thing because happiness comes from inside not outside. The only person you can make happy is yourself.

It is a bad thing because you are attempting to manipulate someone else.


"What is best for my kids is best for me"
Amor Fati
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