Whatever we do today is raw material for our future happiness or sadness, but only raw material. The big effect is not immediate. Independently of if we do bad things or good things, the main effect regarding happiness is not instant.
If we feel happy doing things today, it depends on actions we did earlier. The things we do today may trigger the experience of happiness, but the happenings today are not the experience itself.
Normally we have a potential for different experiences, ranging from happiness to sadness. If we have no potential for happiness, we can not experience happiness even if the good events taking place are drastic.
So happiness is an almost instant process. Our actions today will give happiness tomorrow and later, but not today.
This delay can give problems. If we do bad things today while feeling fine from earlier good actions, we will suffer tomorrow. The suffering will come as a surprise, as we felt so fine during the action.
The ideal is a continuous process of doing good, where we are happy because the good things we did yesterday and where we prepare for a new day of happiness by doing good now.
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