People are about as happy as they choose to be... and no matter what we show them, we cannot make them choose to be any happier than they are. And sometimes they even grow resentful and angry and learning something that could make them happier... perhaps because they are just not in the right "head space" with themselves.
I was never the "Happiness Salesman;" but I have spent most of my life being the "We can all get along!" salesman... mediating and being the diplomat in every conflict, even when it was not mine to be there and intervene. So I get it.
Beautiful and insightful post!
I've seen the anger and resentment firsthand, and I didn't know what to make of it for the longest time. I'm glad I've learned to stop trying to understand and intervene so that I can put my energy into what I'm responsible for -- me.
Do you still feel a need to mediate sometimes or have you completely stopped?