Happiness

To me, happiness comes from within. The only way to have true happiness is to trust and obey God.

For me, I don't need to look further just to find it. Happiness is within us, on our family, friends and the blessings we receive from day to day. I don't need any fancy car or a huge home just to make me feel happy, it can be found on little things we have in life and simple pleasures we enjoy doing. Being contented, living the life we wanted is what I consider being in a state of being happy..

In my view happiness does not come anything external. I did not always believe that but I do now. For me happiness comes in direct proportion to the amount of love I extend to others. Every day we are performing in our own 'show' and everything we give out is being returned in large and small ways if we pay attention and look. It is so evident here on Mylot...whatever we are thinking and posting is having some kind of impact on those we interact with...just as it is in our regular life. I know form experience that what we receive from the world and people is what we give. For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction..basic law of physics. As I do my best to do well and be well with everyone I reach or encounter and endeavor to use my life for that which can be of good-will the more I am fortified spiritually, mentally and emotionally. So for me the happiness I feel is in direct proportion to the amount of love I am able to give. In times past I had a lot of daunting things to overcome and I was admittedly more self-focused. After overcoming them I decided to use my life to assist others...and from that point on I discovered a peace and joy that does pass all understanding. Raia

did you watch the movie "the pursuit of happyness"? They had a good line about this: "It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?" I really liked that line. I don't really pursue happiness...I let it come to me, I find it in simple things...last night I was excited because I needed my driver's license # for something but it was in the car and my hubby reminded me he made copies of everything & knew exactly where it was so I didn't have to go all the way out to the car in the snow to get it. That made me happy. It's stupid. But I like being happy over stupid things. There is not enough in this world to be happy about, I know some people are so miserable they will never be happy no matter what they have or what they get or experience, they still feel like there is something they need. One of my quotes is this: "Happiness is not wanting or need anything."

when you can let go of everything, that's the true happiness. material possession is prison. its like drinking salt water, the more you drink it the more you want it. you'd never get enough of it, and that what causes suffering. only when you can say "you know what, this is enough, i dont want it anymore" that you can be truly happy. happiness cant be bought.

i really feel happy most of the time ,when i eat sth good,see sth beautiful,do sth not bad ,for daily things ,if you see it from another angle ,you will feel happy ,once a time ,i broke up with my boyfriend cause he didn't love me ,i was sad at first ,but then i think to do this is good for me at the time ,if i dia later i would get more hurt.

I finally came to learn a few yrs back that happiness..TRUE happiness CANNOT come from anyone or anything outside yourself...This means it can't come from material things, hobbies, religion, social status etc etc etc...It can be enhanced by those things but true solid happiness comes from deep within ourselves... LUCKILY I've been fortunate enough to have done so much work on my healing in the past 10+ yrs and rebuilding myself that I've actually found that deep core happiness....does this mean I'm happy all the time? No of course not, thats just not realistic, I'm human and experiencing a range of emotions is natural and normal HOWEVER can I look you straight in the eye or look at myself in the mirror and say "Yes I am happy" and MEAN IT....Damn skippy I can and I love that fact....Was it easy to get here? Hell no! but it was certainly worth the fight

First of all to gain happiness, you have to discover what makes you happy. Sme people feel that whatever the maximum poulation accepts is what makes one happy, therefore, they never really sit down to think what makes them happy and as a result of that, never find true happiness. Material possessions are far from what guarantees happiness.

I was just talking about this with my mom yesterday. I don't think happiness can come from anywhere but within yourself. Circumstances help the cause, but it takes work. I don't think all people can just decide to be happy. But I think that knowing your purpose in life, fulfilling that role, whatever it may be, works towards that. No one person can make another person happy, we have no to make that leap with but ourselves.

Happiness may come in any way ... it depend on what people are thinking and hoping ... its not merely material will make us happy , even if you are rich or even millionare will not surely make you happy ... safeness , peace , freindship might be one sample of non-materials factors that bring us happiness ... yes, surely there are mores ... Mmm.. if you still thinking money will make you happy so got and get more money for your life.. ha ha .. http://pclife-money.blogspot.com/

Hi Pose, Yes, we are all looking for that something or someone to make us happy. We all want happiness. The only way we can find eternal happiness, peace and joy is thru Jesus Christ. There is no other way. This world gives us things that are temporary and do not last but for a short time. God gives us things that are eternal. God bless!

To me happiness means to be happy with who you are and to make a difference in this world.

So many times people do say they need lots of money to be happy. When I told the people I worked with last year how much the job I have now was going to pay, they said I was crazy to take something that paid half of what I was making there. But I am HAPPY here!!! I don't need money. I need satisfaction with what I am doing!!! I would rather volunteer my time than work for lots of money. I would prefer to just have satisfaction with life than to have all the money in the world!!!

To me,happiness means finally achieving my ambition.So happiness means totally different things to each person.It based on one's outlook on life.

There is no real contentment once you experienced your 'material happiness'. Eventually, you'll ask and ask for more. You won't be satisfied. Thus, material things, fame and fortune, won't make you happy. Happiness is your contentment inside. How you've been loved and how you love. Definitely it corresponds to loving yourself too, because with this, others will love you too. The happiness that I'm talking about is the happiness you're experiencing once you've been happy with what you are because you're loved and are loved.

I think happiness is what you make it to be. All the money in the world doesn't guarentee happiness. Some of us find happiness in a friend, a loved one, a random act of kindness, just about anything. It's how you look at and what your value system is. A hug from my Nephew makes me happier than finding $100. on the street, but finding a $100. on the street makes me happier than getting rude sales clerk in a store. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

Hello dear pose. What is happiness to us? I think that happiness is when we have a decent and happy family with enough to support our life without having to get worried for it instead because it is the first step as well as the basic requirement to us when talking about happiness, without which happiness is way too far from us. Based on the above-mentioned, we need to be healthy to enjoy happiness. We need to have friends, either so-so friends or good friends, or best friends because they make up part of our life, without whom life is incomplete. When we feel happy in the spiritual world, we also need to have enough material life to fulfill our needs to make us feel happy...Thanks.

yes, there is a heaven on earth and it is getting better and better every day since July 12, 1985 when I married my asawa in Tokyo, Japan. My wife is from the Philippines and was working in the Philippines but we have been acquainted since Sept 1981 but it took four years and we got married in Japan. I met all my wife's friends, relatives and employers and they could not say enough good about her. But it has been 25 years and it has all been good so far. There is always a tear for every laughter and you cannot escape the drama of life but it is much easier if you have a good partner to help ease the burden. Thanks for the post and I pray you too will find success in your future endeavors.

Happiness to me means that I have balance in my life... that stresses are gone, people are well, and that we can all be together to enjoy each other. We've been without money, and we've had money... both times were the same to me, emotionally... the only difference was that we didn't have to worry about paying the bills. But Hun has always had a way of getting what we needed even when times were hard, so that security was always there. He's not too proud to do menial work, hard work, or extra work... and neither am I.

in other people's view,i am a lovely girl. happiness always around me .