Materialism vs. joy is the theme. Includes The ABCs of Happiness. I am delighted when some people are finally disillusioned. Over the course of thirty-three years of practicing psychology, I have seen more than my share of people who have acquired mountains of material possessions but remain miserable, depressed, angry, unsatisfied, and sometimes, desperate. In many of those cases, their disillusion is a hopeful sign because disillusion literally means then end of illusionment.
Hunger is the body's signal to take in food.
Thirst signals the need to take in water. Fatigue is nature's way of telling us to take a rest. The remedy for neglect of the body is often through the in-take of something, so the solution lies in getting something from the external world. On the other hand, there is a kind of unhappiness that cannot be repaired by getting because it requires giving. There is a kind of dissatisfaction, disappointment, and absence of joy that is remedied by giving something out, doing something for others.