> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smoothpebbles.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# The Pursuit of Happiness
- URL: https://www.smoothpebbles.org/the-pursuit-of-happiness/
- Published: 2025-11-20T04:19:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-04T04:20:13.000Z
- Author: Richard Flanders

> “We become fully human — and happy — by training our desires through repeated right action until we desire the right things, in the right way, to the right degree, because they really are good and pleasant for a human being.” 

\~Aristotle