i suppose it’s a good way to put it, unhappy. is this the longing for happiness, or just the absence of it? it can’t be, no. what about being content? yes, there are moments of delight, but do they not overshadow the progression of life? a small step to meet with your friends and interact. for sure, it will be joyful. but what does that do to the overall scheme of life? a glimpse of happiness. the opposite could be true as well. these glimpses are the thing we live for; the other is the looming death and the looming idea that nothing matters in the end.