A STRAIGHTWAY TO UNHAPPINESS

A STRAIGHTWAY TO UNHAPPINESS

A lovely letter came to me this week from actress and theatre producer Hayley Carmichael, with a salient Jungian truth attached! Thank you so much, Hayley, for your sweet words and your kindness. Much love to you, Susie x

 

Dear Susie,

I take great pleasure in the beautiful images and snippets you share in Stuff.

This quote came my way recently and I thought I'd share it with you as it seems so apt for how you and Nick choose to be in the world.

Warmest wishes,

Hayley

 

 A STRAIGHTWAY TO UNHAPPINESS

Miss Harriet Hardy,

760 Grizzly Peak Blvd.

Berkeley 8.

California.

 

Dear Miss Hardy, 

It is of course a somewhat hopeless task to advise an unknown person of her course of life across the width of the ocean. I can only tell you one thing: that you should not set out to seek happiness for yourself. This will be a straightway to unhappiness. You better ask where and how you could be useful to whom. Happiness is not a thing one seeks. It comes to you as a reward for efforts.

Yours sincerely,

Carl Jung