Compassion brings happiness

Yes, indeed. Doing a good deed for someone else out of compassion does bring happiness. You know why. Because it means that you are a good person. The only thing is you shouldn't expect anything in return. Just do something good and forget about it. If you start expecting gratefulness or something else in return, you are in trouble. So, do a good deed out of compassion, it will surely bring happiness.

So true, the satisfaction it gives you after you helped people whom you know who really needs of help. I work as a community worker in a small church and I totally agree that happiness it gives you back knowing you have helped. There are loads of ways in helping others, help doesn't just mean giving them them things but also listening to them and praying for them. :))

I belive this is true. If you have compassion and helps out others that aren't as lucky or gifted as yourself it gives you a special feeling that on one can explain...it fills your heart..

Being compassionate used to be seen from health care providers. They should be this way to let their patient feel the care for them. It is the most important thing to be an effective medical practitioner.

Yes, I agree with that quote, to be happy we must not just think about your own need but also the other need. It's proved that if you help others, you also will become happy too. When you see the smile of the people you helped, I can guarantee that you will become happy too. Of course to love others, first you must love yourself but don't love yourself too much that will make others irritated, but you also need to balance it. You must love others like yourself. So when you love yourself and others, helps others in need, doing good deed to everyone around you, I believe in that time, you'll feel happy and to be useful and worth to yourself and others is happiness.

Happiness through self-gratification or satisfaction is just short lived because most things that give gratification are tangible things. At one moment you might be saying things like, "oh! I would be so much happy if I get one of those touch-screen phones", then the moment you get them, you get satisfied and happy for a moment and the next thing you know you'll be saying "oh! It would give me so much happiness if I could get my hands on one of those touch-screen tablets". This now becomes a cycle of short-lived happiness. On the other hand, happiness coming from doing worthy purposes are ecstatic and goes a long way, so long that you even remember them even as you get old.

I figure the only thing we can take with us when we 'leave this world' is our relationships. So being bigoted against another group or groups is a big no no when it comes to personal happiness, as is having any sort of personal feud or hatred going. I'm with you! To truly have affection for others and care about their welfare, to me, is to produce more happiness by far than living a selfish, self centered, and self interested life ever can.

It has to do with a feeling inside that all will be good with you and that God will make things work for you even when things go wrong. Compassion does not come before happiness, but is a result of that happiness or should I say joy. It is an outpouring not the beginning of happiness. And doing a good deed for someone else may not mean that one is happy, it may be done out of resentment or as a sacrifice for something that one needed. So in my opinion, true happiness and joy comes first, and after that one does show compassion.

I agree. Giving is the best kind of gratification. I am happier when I give something--money, time, material goods--than when I receive something. Happiness to me is a fleeting thing. I think most of us that are "happy" in our lives are contented. Happiness is that infrequent feeling of excitement and satisfaction that can't be maintained on a daily basis but if we are lucky and work at it we can have several happy moments a day. If we're really blessed we even have several moments of joy per year.

I think happiness is all in your state of mind. One source of happiness is making others smile though, certainly.

What makes me happy? Good question! I guess what makes me happy is have a secure job. I have a casual part-time job at the stable, were I had boarded my horse at for a long time. Making money on Mylot makes me happy. Knowing I live in the USA and I have my freedom! I am also happy I have a best friend, who I can rely on when I need it!

I agree that co,passiion is what brings 0n happiness. without compassion, haopiness does not stand a chance of happening. it needs to exist.

Hi, You are right. compassion brings happiness. We should share our happiness with others. Happiness increases when we share it with others. Everyone wants to become happy. But while finding happiness for ourselves we should help others and try to make them happy. Their smiling faces bring happiness in our life. So we should be happy and make others happy.

While agree with that quote, I must admit there is a higher norm towards happiness. Having a personal relationship with God through Christ is I believe the only way to achieve eternal happiness.

I am just a simple person who sees simple things and be happy about it. The best example for possessing true happiness is by the way you have described it. Happiness should not always be about you but about people whom you may have touched their lives and made a difference.