EVOLUTION

Is unavoidable. Never ever avoid the unavoidable. Attempt as you will to resist the irresistible, or to neglect the negligent, or do other things equivalent to swallowing nickels. Really, if you're ardent enough about it to actually toss a few nickels in the gullet and walk away smiling, you're a greater person than I'll ever be. I'm happy for you. Rapturous in fact. Speaking of raptors, back to the topic: Evolution. Progression. Transformation. Seed to bud to flower to seed.

Nvm.

DIRECTION

And not in the physical sense. Direction in terms of the shape of one's future, direction away from the past and into the void we've named Future. Hopefully you've all come to accept the fact that not only is direction unstoppable, but it's constantly changing. It changes as a result of you and 6 billion others acting simultaneously and seamlessly on the same planet, the same rock floating through space that every ancestor you've had has occupied, and ceased to occupy. You are less physical being, and more a time-line, continually expanding as long as you retain consciousness, and forever changing time-lines to come even when your own physical person ceases to be.

This leads to the subtopic of Expectation.

*This segment has been removed due to an overwhelming urge. To remove it. Sorry happy people.*

TLDR: Expectation will most often lead to less net happiness gain no matter the scenario. Don't do it. Live in the moment and for the future, and never without the past in mind. Lastly, don't forget to give your children unique names. That's vital.