Q: everytime i seem to achieve a sense of extreme happiness, i immediately panic about it leaving. i want to feel that way forever. how do I focus on the happiness itself, instead of worrying about when it will leave? it seems impossible
A: think of happiness as the high point of a wave. it doesn't really matter how high it is, except to say that it's definitely higher than the other parts of the wave. And without the wave, of course, there's no high point. so the only way you're going to perceive this feeling is if there is an up and down wave. Maybe if you are not so good at focusing on the current wave, maybe you could actually start planning for the next high point